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Serpent Sting

Spell

Serpent Sting

Nature

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Hunter

Instant castHunter Range

Stings the target, causing Nature damage over 15 sec.

Serpent Sting

Tooltip

Stings the target, causing Nature damage over 15 sec. Only one Sting per Hunter can be active on any one target.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 4.

Serpent Sting is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 4 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (20 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 271.

What it does

Serpent Sting is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 35 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec and 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

SchoolNature
Range35 yards (Hunter Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 4
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 4
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 271
Misc value: 127

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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Serpent Sting". This page is record #1978. 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
#31975effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35511cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36984cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38859effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38914cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39182effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80009effect types: noneA different effect setup
#87935effect types: noneA different effect setup
#97153effect types: noneA different effect setup
#118253effect types: noneA different effect setup
#125906effect types: noneA different effect setup
#145656effect 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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