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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)
Unholy Aura

Spell

Unholy Aura

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Causes the caster to automatically inflict 150 Shadow damage every 2 sec.

Unholy Aura

Tooltip

Causes the caster to automatically inflict 150 Shadow damage every 2 sec. to nearby enemies. The aura lasts until cancelled.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec. It triggers Unholy Aura.

What it does

Unholy Aura is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec. It also casts Unholy Aura (record #17466).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Value: 1
Period: every 2 sec
Trigger spell: Unholy Aura

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 23 separate Spell records named "Unholy Aura". This page is record #17467. 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
#17466used by: Cast by Unholy Aura; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#17625school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27987no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#27988used by: Cast by Unholy Aura; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#28340no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#28341used by: Cast by Unholy Aura; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#38844different tooltip textA variant record
#38845used by: Cast by Unholy Aura; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55606different tooltip textA variant record
#55607used by: Cast by Unholy Aura; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55608different tooltip textA variant record
#55609used by: Cast by Unholy Aura; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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