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Soul Corruption

Spell

Soul Corruption

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

All stats reduced by 100.

Soul Corruption

Tooltip

All stats reduced by 100.
100 Shadow damage inflicted.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Soul Corruption is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 29. Its base value is -100. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 45 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 800 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 45 yards. It ticks every 5 sec, 3 times over the full 15 sec (2400 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 185. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Soul Corruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 45 yard radius, applies an aura in a 45 yard radius every 5 sec and has a Knock Back effect in a 45 yard radius.

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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 29
Value: -100
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: -1
Radius: 45 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 800
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 45 yards
Period: every 5 sec
Effect #3Knock Back (98)
Value: 185
Misc value: 125
Radius: 45 yards

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.

Sounds

Soul Corruption sounds

The sounds the game plays when Soul Corruption is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

ShadowWordFumbleSoundKit 3156

  1. Shadowwordfumble2.8s · ID 569407 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Soul Corruption". This page is record #25805. 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
#233113effect types: noneA different effect setup
#248713journal encounter: Demonic Inquisition; effect types: noneA different caster
#333708effect types: noneA different effect setup
#340517effect types: noneA different effect setup
#474013journal encounter: Kul'tharok; effect types: noneA different caster

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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