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Blink

Spell

Blink

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castTwenty yards

Teleports the caster behind a target up to 20 yds way unless something is in the way.

Blink

Tooltip

Teleports the caster behind a target up to 20 yds way unless something is in the way. Also frees the caster from any bonds.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Teleport (effect type 252). Its area radius is 2 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 108, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 10.
  3. Effect 3 is effect type 108, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 10.

What it does

Blink is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it has a Teleport effect in a 2 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Teleport (252)
Radius: 2 yards
Effect #2Effect 108
Value: 10
Misc value: 7
Effect #3Effect 108
Value: 10
Misc value: 13

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. 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 127 separate Spell records named "Blink". This page is record #140494. 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
#101812school: Nature; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Leap, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#119415duration: 1 sec; effect types: Leap, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#122814school: Nature; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Leap, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#122847school: Nature; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Leap, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#130424school: Physical; effect types: TeleportA different effect setup
#145535duration: 1 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#150429effect types: noneA different effect setup
#166598effect types: noneA different effect setup
#173078effect types: noneA different effect setup
#176258effect types: noneA different effect setup
#181435effect types: noneA different effect setup
#187004effect 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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