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Backstab

Spell

Backstab

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 462500 to 537500 Physical damage to an enemy, but only if attacking from behind.

Backstab

Tooltip

Inflicts 462500 to 537500 Physical damage to an enemy, but only if attacking from behind.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 462500.

What it does

Backstab is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 462500).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70449. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 462500

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70449. 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 40 separate Spell records named "Backstab". This page is record #143481. 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
#52540effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58471effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63754effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71410effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#75360duration: 15 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76520effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79862effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#102924effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145562no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#203865effect types: noneA different effect setup
#204344effect types: noneA different effect setup
#221512effect types: noneA 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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