Spells / Cloud of Chained Essence

Cloud of Chained Essence

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Changed in build 1.60.1.69876. 6 fields differ from Classic Era 1.15.9.69722: auraDescription, castingTimeIndex, description, durationIndex, effects, name.

Classic Era vs Forever

Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

Poison Cloud

Nature school

Poisons all enemies in an $a1 yard radius around the caster. Victims of the poison suffer 50 Nature damage every 5 sec for 45 sec.

Inflicts 50 Nature damage every 5 sec.

Forever 1.60.1.69876

Cloud of Chained Essence

Nature school

Creates a cloud of poison in a $a1 yard radius around the caster. Enemies inside the cloud suffer $1300240s1 Nature damage every $1300240t1 sec. Deals $1300240s2 times as much damage to Trolls. Lasts for 20 sec.

Essence of Eranikus unchained.

changed value added in Forever removed in Forever

Also changed behind the tooltip: effects (not shown in a tooltip line). See the full field diff below for both values, verbatim.

A highlighted $ formula is computed by the game client from spell power, level and talents; the client does not store the final number, so the template is shown verbatim rather than a value invented.

Every field that changed, verbatim

Field	Classic Era	Forever
auraDescription	Inflicts $s1 Nature damage every $t1 sec.	Essence of Eranikus unchained.
castingTimeIndex	4	1
description	Poisons all enemies in an $a1 yard radius around the caster. Victims of the poison suffer $s1 Nature damage every 5 sec for 45 sec.	Creates a cloud of poison in a $a1 yard radius around the caster. Enemies inside the cloud suffer $1300240s1 Nature damage every $1300240t1 sec. Deals $1300240s2 times as much damage to Trolls. Lasts for $d.
durationIndex	22	18
effects	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 3, "auraPeriod": 5000, "basePoints": 49, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 6, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "dieSides": 1, "effect": 28, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 8506, 64 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]	[ { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 179, "index": 0, "miscValue": [ 43368, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 0, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 1, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 28, "index": 1, "miscValue": [ 8506, 64 ], "triggerSpell": 0 }, { "amplitude": 0, "aura": 4, "auraPeriod": 0, "basePoints": 0, "chainTargets": 0, "effect": 6, "index": 2, "miscValue": [ 0, 0 ], "triggerSpell": 0 } ]
name	Poison Cloud	Cloud of Chained Essence

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History

Build	Compared to	State	Fields
1.60.1.69876	1.15.9.69722	changed	6

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