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Withering Touch

Spell

Withering Touch

Shadow

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2 secVision Range (AOI)

Causes the target to wither, inflicting 3.5 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 12 sec.

Withering Touch

Tooltip

Causes the target to wither, inflicting 3.5 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 12 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 3.5 per tick. Its area radius is 100 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (21 base in total).

What it does

Withering Touch is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 100 yard radius every 2 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time2 sec
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3.5
Radius: 100 yards
Period: every 2 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?

Withering Touch 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 8 separate Spell records named "Withering Touch". This page is record #1215600. 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
#255378cast time: instant; effect values: 50 (this record: 3.5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#318833cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#318865school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#340849school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#340852school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#340854school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#340860journal encounter: Artificer Xy'mox; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 21 sec; effect values: 20 (this record: 3.5); different tooltip textA different caster

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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