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Volatile Infection

Spell

Volatile Infection

Nature

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Instant cast3 min cooldownMedium Range

Infects an enemy for 30 sec., causing it to inflict Nature damage to its nearby allies every 3 sec.

Volatile Infection

Tooltip

Infects an enemy for 30 sec., causing it to inflict Nature damage to its nearby allies every 3 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 3.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 3 sec, 10 times over the full 30 sec. It triggers Volatile Infection.

What it does

Volatile Infection is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 3 min cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec. It also casts Volatile Infection (record #56786).

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

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown3 min
Global cooldownNone
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 3
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 3 sec
Trigger spell: Volatile Infection

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 18 separate Spell records named "Volatile Infection". This page is record #56785. 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
#3585used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#3586cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 min; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#3587used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#18149cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#18150used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#24928duration: 2 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#24929used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#43586different tooltip textA variant record
#43587used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#56786used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#59228no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#59231used by: Cast by Volatile Infection; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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