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Afflicts the target with a disease that causes 272 Shadow damage over 24 sec. 15% of damage caused by the Devouring Plague heals the caster. This spell can only affect one target at a time.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 3.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 53. Its base value is 34 per tick. It scales with 0.185 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 8 times over the full 24 sec (272 base in total).
What it does
Devouring Plague is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 24 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec. The client files the whole spell under the infected mechanic.
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 24 sec |
| Mechanic | Infected |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 3 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 53 Value: 34 Spell power coefficient: 0.185 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
More Shadow Magic spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Devouring Plague". This page is record #19276. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #138490 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #369128 | effect types: none | A 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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