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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)
Corruption

Spell

Corruption

Shadow

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Warlock

2 secMedium Range

Corrupts nearby enemies, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec.

Corruption

Tooltip

Corrupts nearby enemies, inflicting Shadow damage every 3 sec. for 24 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. 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 20 per tick. It scales with 0.125 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 8 times over the full 24 sec (160 base in total).

What it does

Corruption is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 24 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration24 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 20
Spell power coefficient: 0.125
Period: every 3 sec

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 78 separate Spell records named "Corruption". This page is record #21068. 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
#13530duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#16402duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#16985used by: Blacksmithing; school: Physical; cast time: 45 sec; duration: none; effect types: Create ItemA different owner
#17510duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#18088used by: Cast by Blade of the Wretched; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#18376no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#18656duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#23642cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#28829school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record
#30938cast time: instantA variant record
#31405no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#32063no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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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