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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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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Slowly feeds corruption into the mind of the target, attempting to subvert them to the will of the Lich King.

Corruption

Tooltip

Slowly feeds corruption into the mind of the target, attempting to subvert them to the will of the Lich King.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers spell id 36294.

What it does

Corruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Misc value: 127
Trigger spell id 36294

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 #70602. 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
#39621duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#41988cast time: 2 sec; duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#47782cast time: 2 sec; duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#56898cast time: 2 sec; duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#57645duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#58811duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#60016duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#61563duration: 12 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#65810difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); duration: 18 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#70904no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#71937duration: 24 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#79930effect 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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