[General] Physical and Magical Buffs

[K.V.]

Greetings Hive Workers, as most of you know, there are Buffs considered Physical and Magical, so I've searched alot in forums and I couldn't seem to find a list that states the type of each individual Buff. So my question is: Does such a list exist somewhere?

 

[Daffa]

I recall only Ensnare, Web and Orbs are physical. I can be (and pretty sure) wrong on this.

 

[K.V.]

Well I guess I'll have to test each and everyone of them individually, and maybe post a list for other people, but I'm pretty sure there are more than Ensnare and Web, like Unholy Frenzy.

 

[Pyrogasm]

I would bet berserk is physical as well.

 

[EternalOne]

I'm making a chart. Right now it only has racial buffs, but I'll be back to finish it soon.

Edit: King Valdezar's Undead/Night Elf work has been added to this table. He didn't get all of the Undead/Night Elf buffs, though, so I went and tested the rest.

2nd Edit: The table is complete! Here are all the standard buffs in the World Editor. Keep in mind that their properties are based on the abilities that apply them, rather than their internal data.

Buff Chart

Buff in Editor	Polarity	Property
Human	-	-
Avatar	Positive	Neither
Banish	Negative	Magic
Blizzard	Positive	Neither
Blizzard (Caster)	Positive	Neither
Brilliance Aura	Positive	Neither
Devotion Aura	Positive	Neither
Divine Shield	Positive	Neither
Drain Mana (Caster)	Positive	Neither
Drain Mana (Target)	Positive	Neither
Flame Strike	Negative	Neither
Thunder Clap	Negative	Neither
Water Elemental	Positive	Neither
Aerial Shackles	Negative	Neither
Aerial Shackles (Caster)	Positive	Neither
Cloud	Negative	Neither
Control Magic	Positive	Neither
Heal	Positive	Neither
Inner Fire	Positive	Magic
Invisibility	Positive	Magic
Invisibility (Extra)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Militia	Positive	Neither
Phoenix	Positive	Neither
Phoenix Fire	Negative x2	Physical x2
Polymorph	Negative	Magic
Slow	Negative	Magic
Orc	-	-
Big Bad Voodoo	Positive	Neither
Big Bad Voodoo (Caster)	Positive	Neither
Bladestorm (Caster)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Command Aura	Positive	Neither
Earthquake	Negative	Neither
Earthquake (Caster)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Endurance Aura	Positive	Neither
Feral Spirit	Positive	Neither
Hex	Negative	Magic
Mirror Image	Positive	Neither
Shockwave (Caster)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Ward	Positive	Neither
Wind Walk	Positive	Neither
Berserk	Positive	Neither
Bloodlust	Positive	Magic
Burning Oil	Negative	Neither
Devour	Negative	Neither
Devour (Caster)	Negative	Neither
Ensnare (Air)	Negative	Physical
Ensnare (General)	Negative	Physical
Ensnare (Ground)	Negative	Physical
Healing Ward	Positive	Neither
Healing Ward Aura	Positive	Neither
Lightning Shield	Positive	Magic
Lightning Shield (Caster)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Liquid Fire	Negative	Physical
Mana Regeneration Aura	Positive x2	Neither x2
Purge	Negative	Neither
Sentry Ward	Positive	Neither
Spirit Link	Positive	Magic
Stasis Trap	Positive	Neither
War Drums	Positive	Neither
Undead	Thanks to	King Valdezar
Animate Dead	Positive	Neither
Animate Dead (Extra)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Carrion Beetles	Positive	Neither
Carrion Swarm (Caster)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Death & Decay	Negative	Neither
Frost Armor	Positive	Magic
Impale	Negative	Neither
Sleep	Negative	Magic
Sleep (Pause)	Negative	Neither
Sleep (Stun)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Spiked Carapace	Unregistered	Unregistered
Unholy Aura	Positive	Neither
Vampiric Aura	Positive	Neither
Anti-Magic Shell	Positive	Magic
Aura of Blight	Positive	Neither
Cripple	Negative	Magic
Curse	Negative	Magic
Disease	Negative	Physical
Disease Cloud	Positive	Neither
Essence of Blight	Positive	Neither
Freezing Breath	Negative	Neither
Possession	Negative	Neither
Possession (Caster)	Positive	Neither
Replenish	Positive	Neither
Skeletal Minion	Positive	Neither
Spiderling	Negative	Neither
Spirit Touch	Positive	Neither
Unholy Frenzy	Negative	Magic
Unsummon	Positive	Neither
Web (Air)	Negative	Physical
Web (Ground)	Negative	Physical
Night Elf	Thanks to	King Valdezar
Entangling Roots	Negative	Magic
Force of Nature	Positive	Neither
Immolation	Positive	Neither
Immolation (Caster)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Metamorphosis	Positive	Neither
Scout	Positive	Neither
Shadow Strike	Negative	Neither
Starfall (Target)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Thorns Aura	Positive	Neither
Tranquility (Target)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Trueshot Aura	Positive	Neither
Vengeance	Positive	Neither
Barkskin	Unused	Unused
Corrosive Breath	Unregistered	Unregistered
Cyclone	Negative	Magic
Cyclone (Extra)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Eat Tree	Positive	Magic
Faerie Fire	Negative	Magic
Mana Flare	Positive	Neither
Mana Flare (Extra)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Phase Shift	Positive	Neither
Rejuvenation	Positive	Magic
Roar	Positive	Magic
Slow Poison (Info)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Slow Poison (Non-stacking)	Negative	Physical
Slow Poison (Stacking)	Negative	Neither
Spirit of Vengeance	Positive	Neither
Ultravision	Unregistered	Unregistered
Unknown (Bps1)	Unused	Unused
War Club	Positive	Neither
Special	-	-
Acid Bomb	Negative	Neither
Chemical Rage	Positive	Neither
Clockwerk Goblin	Positive	Neither
Cluster Rockets	Negative	Neither
Engineering Upgrade	Unregistered	Unregistered
Healing Spray	Positive	Neither
Incinerate	Negative	Neither
Lava Spawn	Positive	Neither
Monsoon	Unregistered	Unregistered
Pocket Factory	Positive	Neither
Soul Burn	Negative	Magic
Transmute	Unregisterable	Unregisterable
Volcano	Positive	Neither
Volcano (Area)	Positive	Neither
Clarity Potion	Positive	Neither
Cloak of Flames	Positive	Neither
Corruption	Negative	Neither
Detected	Negative	Neither
Headhunter Spirit	Positive	Neither
Illusion	Positive	Neither
Item Web	Unused	Unused
Monster Lure	Positive	Neither
Reborn	Positive	Neither
Regeneration	Positive	Neither
Rejuvenation (Item)	Positive	Neither
Scroll of Protection	Positive	Magic
Soul Theft	Negative	Neither
Summoned Unit	Positive	Neither
Teleport Reveal	Unused	Unused
Vampiric Potion	Positive	Magic
Battle Roar	Positive	Magic
Bear	Positive	Neither
Black Arrow	Negative	Neither
Breath of Fire	Negative	Neither
Breath of Frost	Negative	Neither
Cold Arrows (Info)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Cold Arrows (Non-stacking)	Negative	Physical
Cold Arrows (Stacking)	Negative	Neither
Dark Conversion	Negative	Neither
Dark Minion	Positive	Neither
Dizziness	Negative	Neither
Doom	Negative	Neither
Doom (Minion)	Positive	Neither
Drunken Haze	Negative	Magic
Freeze	Unused	Unused
Frenzy	Positive	Magic
Hawk	Positive	Neither
Howl of Terror	Negative	Magic
Infernal	Positive	Neither
Invulnerable	Positive	Neither
Mana Shield	Positive	Neither
Mechanical Critter	Positive	Neither
Mind Rot	Negative	Magic
Pandaren Elemental	Positive	Neither
Parasite	Negative	Physical
Parasite (Minion)	Positive	Neither
Permanent Immolation (Neutra Hostile 1)	Positive	Neither
Permanent Immolation (Neutra Hostile 2)	Positive	Neither
Poison (Info)	Unregistered	Unregistered
Poison (Non-stacking)	Negative	Physical
Poison (Stacking)	Negative	Neither
Quilbeast	Positive	Neither
Rain of Fire	Negative	Neither
Rain of Fire (Area)	Positive	Neither
Sanctuary	Positive	Magic
Shared Vision	Unused	Unused
Silence	Negative	Magic
Slam	Negative	Neither
Slowed	Negative	Neither
Soul Preservation	Negative	Neither
Speed Bonus	Positive	Magic
Spell Shield	Positive	Neither
Stampede	Unregistered	Unregistered
Stunned	Unused	Unused
Stunned (Pause)	Negative	Neither
Tornado (Slow Aura)	Negative	Neither
Tornado (Timed Life)	Positive	Neither
Tornado Damage	Positive	Neither
Tornado Spin	Negative	Neither
Tornado Spin (Area)	Positive	Neither
Wand of Shadowsight	Negative	Magic
Watery Minion	Positive	Neither

As a side note, the Mind Rot debuff crashes the game after a few seconds. It should not be used.

 

[K.V.]

Great, thank you for the effort EternalOne :]

 

[K.V.]

Here is a list of the Undead and Night Elf most common buffs. I haven't listed Auras, since they are most likely Positive and neither Physical or Magical. Also haven't listed expiration timers. Now only the "Special" section of buffs has left, and I will test and upload them as soon as possible.

Undead:

1.Death & Decay - Negative/Neither.
2.Frost Armor - Positive/Magic.
3.Sleep - Negative/Magic.
4.Anti-Magic Shell - Positive/Magic.
5.Cripple - Negative/Magic.
6.Curse - Negative/Magic.
7.Disease - Negative/Physical.
8.Freezing Breath - Negative/Neither.
9.Possession - Negative/Neither.
10.Unholy Frenzy - Negative/Magic.
11.Unsummon - Positive/Neither.
12.Web - Negative/Physical.

Night Elf:

1.Entangling Roots - Negative/Magic.
2.Immolation - Positive/Neither.
3.Metamorphosis - Positive/Neither.
4.Shadow Strike - Negative/Neither.
5.Corrosive Breath - Untested (Buggy)
6.Cyclone - Negative/Magic.
7.Faerie Fire - Negative/Magic.
8.Mana Flare - Positive/Neither.
9.Phase Shift - Positive/Neither.
10.Rejuvenation - Positive/Magic.
11.Roar - Positive/Magic.
12.Slow Poison - Negative/Physical.
13.War Club - Positive/Neither.

Special:

1.Acid Bomb - Negative/Neither.
2.Chemical Rage - Positive/Neither.
3.Incinerate - Negative/Neither.
4.Soul Burn - Negative/Magic.
5.Clarity Potion - Positive/Neither.
6.Corruption - Negative/Neither.
7.Detected - Negative/Neither.
8.Regeneration - Positive/Neither.
9.Rejuvenation - Positive/Neither.
10.Scroll of Protection - Positive/Magic.
11.Soul Theft - Negative/Neither.
12.Vampiric Potion - Positive/Magic.
13.Battle Roar - Positive/Magic.
14.Black Arrow - Negative/Neither.
15.Breath of Fire - Negative/Neither.
16.Breath of Frost - Negative/Neither.
17.Cold Arrows - Negative/Physical.
18.Dark Conversion - Negative/Neither.
19.Dizziness - Negative/Neither.
20.Doom - Negative/Neither.
21.Drunken Haze - Negative/Magic.
22.Frenzy - Positive/Magic.
23.Howl of Terror - Negative/Magic.
24.Invulnerable - Positive/Neither.
25.Mana Shield - Positive/Neither.
26.Mind Rot - Negative/Magic (Bugged - Causes crash when the duration is over).
27.Parasite - Negative/Physical.
28.Poison - Negative/Physical.
29.Rain of Fire - Negative/Neither.
30.Sanctuary - Positive/Magic.
31.Silence - Negative/Magic.
32.Slam - Negative/Neither.
33.Slowed - Negative/Neither.
34.Soul Preservation - Negative/Neither.
35.Speed Bonus - Positive/Magic.
36.Spell Shield - Positive/Neither.
37.Stunned - Negative/Neither.
38.Tornado Spin - Negative/Magic.
39.Wand of Shadowsight - Negative/Magic.

 

[Hermit]

Keep in mind that their properties are based on the abilities that apply them, rather than their internal data.

What does this mean and how exactly did you test the polarity? Some buffs can be both positive and negative, depending on the target of the ability; Lightning Shield and Unholy Frenzy buffs show as positive (green text) when cast on friendly units and negative (red text) when cast on enemy units.

As a side note, the Mind Rot debuff crashes the game after a few seconds. It should not be used.

It could be a problem caused by the recent 1.30 patch. I'm using 1.29 and I don't have any problems with it.

 

[EternalOne]

...you're right! I originally tested the buffs by casting their respective spells once and using a trigger that would count how many buffs of each type a unit had, but maybe I wasn't thorough enough. I just tried casting Unholy Frenzy and Lightning Shield first on an ally, then on an enemy, and it treated their polarities differently for the two casts.

Hmm. I wonder how many abilities are impacted by that sort of logic in ways that we normally don't see? Looks like more testing will be needed before I update that chart.

 

[K.V.]

Some buffs can be both positive and negative, depending on the target of the ability

Interesting fact indeed...
Imagine how helpful would it be, if you can change their nature to be either magical or physical, then you can successfully use the GUI functions to remove certain buffs.