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Vile Breath

Spell

Vile Breath

Physical

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1 sec8 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster every 1 sec for 5 sec.

Vile Breath

Tooltip

Inflicts Nature damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster every 1 sec for 5 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec. It triggers Vile Breath.

What it does

Vile Breath is a spell with a 1 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster), an 8 sec cooldown and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Vile Breath (record #289025).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Vile Breath

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 15 separate Spell records named "Vile Breath". This page is record #289026. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#160521difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Kargath Bladefist; cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#163973duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#163974used by: Cast by Vile Breath; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#164753school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164754cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172588school: Nature; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172704school: Nature; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172732school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#220490school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#289025used by: Cast by Vile Breath; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#395653school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1246182school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; 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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