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Waking Nightmare

Spell

Waking Nightmare

Nature

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Druid

Instant castLong Range

Awaken memories of past conflicts, causing a Dread Shade to take form nearby.

Waking Nightmare

Tooltip

Awaken memories of past conflicts, causing a Dread Shade to take form nearby.

While active, shades slowly travel toward your target, dealing (70% of Attack Power) Nature damage to nearby enemies and mirroring your Thrash casts.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Waking Nightmare is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 251422, 6501

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?

Waking Nightmare appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 12 separate Spell records named "Waking Nightmare". This page is record #1254168. 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
#66552difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#96757school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183404school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Spawn, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#200243journal encounter: Shade of Xavius; school: Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip textA different caster
#210068school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#221057used by: Cast by Nightmare Bolt; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#313274school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1253461used by: Talent: Druid; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#1253462effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1253488duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#1253491effect types: Apply Aura, 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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