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Volatile Essence

Spell

Volatile Essence

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Released soul energy bursts upon impact, inflicting 20 Shadow damage to players within 2 yards.

Volatile Essence

Tooltip

Released soul energy bursts upon impact, inflicting 20 Shadow damage to players within 2 yards.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20. Its area radius is 2 yards. It triggers Spectral Decay.

What it does

Volatile Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 20) in a 2 yard radius. It also casts Spectral Decay.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 20
Radius: 2 yards
Trigger spell: Spectral Decay

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?

Volatile Essence appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Volatile Essence". This page is record #1248980. 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
#406454school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#406455school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#406460used by: Cast by Volatile Essence; school: Arcane; effect values: 40 (this record: 20); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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