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Harpoon

Spell

Harpoon

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Fires harpoons an enemy, inflicting 250000 Physical damage if the harpoon passes through them.

Harpoon

Tooltip

Fires harpoons an enemy, inflicting 250000 Physical damage if the harpoon passes through them.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Harpoon is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 1297

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Harpoon appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 42 separate Spell records named "Harpoon". This page is record #147613. 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
#108038cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#125245used by: Cast by Harpoon Cannon; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 165; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#147625duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#186260used by: Cast by Harpoon; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#190925used by: Survival Hunter; effect types: noneA different owner
#190927effect types: noneA different effect setup
#209035effect types: noneA different effect setup
#212331effect types: noneA different effect setup
#212353effect types: noneA different effect setup
#232977effect types: noneA different effect setup
#232978effect types: noneA different effect setup
#232979effect 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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