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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Black Hole

Spell

Black Hole

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Summons a singularity that draws in all nearby matter.

Black Hole

Tooltip

Summons a singularity that draws in all nearby matter.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Black Hole is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it summons a creature.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 1
Misc value: 25855, 64

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 36 separate Spell records named "Black Hole". This page is record #46282. 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
#62168used by: Cast by Black Hole Trigger; school: Arcane; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#62169school: Arcane; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138601effect types: noneA different effect setup
#138605effect types: noneA different effect setup
#169851effect types: noneA different effect setup
#172610effect types: noneA different effect setup
#183790effect types: noneA different effect setup
#186546journal encounter: Xhul'horac; effect types: noneA different caster
#186547effect types: noneA different effect setup
#229042effect types: noneA different effect setup
#229044effect types: noneA different effect setup
#371919effect types: noneA 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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