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Virulent Haunt

Spell

Virulent Haunt

Shadow

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Instant castOne Yard

Haunts the fixated player and any other nearby players, inflicting 21.3757 Shadow damage every 1 sec.

Virulent Haunt

Tooltip

Haunts the fixated player and any other nearby players, inflicting 21.3757 Shadow damage every 1 sec. and horrifying them for 8 sec.

How it works

Virulent Haunt is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. Its base value is 5. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 437. Its base value is 2. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 21.3757 per tick. Its area radius is 5 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec (171.01 base in total).

What it does

Virulent Haunt is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 1 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 5 yard radius and applies an aura in a 5 yard radius every 1 sec.

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

SchoolShadow
Range1 yards (One Yard)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Value: 5
Misc value: 1
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 437
Value: 2
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 21.3757
Radius: 5 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Virulent Haunt appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Virulent Haunt". This page is record #182900. 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
#182901duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182925school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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