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The Voidwalker consumes nearby shadows to bolster its form, recovering 310 health over 10 sec. Cannot be used while in combat.
How it works
Each cast of Consume Shadows costs 85 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 8. Its base value is 62 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 5 times over the full 10 sec (310 base in total).
What it does
Consume Shadows is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 5 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell Details
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Cost | 85 Mana |
| Range | 5 yards (Combat Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 10 sec |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 8 Value: 62 Period: every 2 sec |
Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Consume Shadows sounds
The sounds the game plays when Consume Shadows is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.
SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560
Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Consume Shadows appears in: 2 skill lines.
Skill lines
- Pet - Voidwalker, learned automaticallySkill line
- Voidlord, learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Pet - Voidwalker spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Consume Shadows". This page is record #17767. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #36472 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #49739 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #165601 | used by: Cast by Consume Shadows; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #165604 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #205621 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #232975 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #267015 | 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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