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Tar Trap

Spell

Tar Trap

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Hurls a tar trap to the target location that creates a 8 yd radius pool of tar around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches.

Tar Trap

Tooltip

Hurls a tar trap to the target location that creates a 8 yd radius pool of tar around itself for 30 sec when the first enemy approaches. All enemies have 80% reduced movement speed while in the area of effect. Trap will exist for 1 min.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 10.

What it does

Tar Trap is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 10
Misc value: 11966

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Tar Trap". This page is record #256682. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#135299school: Nature; duration: 39 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#187698used by: Talent: Hunter; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#187699used by: Cast by Tar Trap; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#187700different tooltip textA variant record
#256678duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256679used by: Cast by Tar Trap; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#256688school: Nature; duration: 39 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#454591cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, effect 164; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#454592duration: 1 min; effect values: 0 (this record: 10); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#454593duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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