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Overhead Smash

Spell

Overhead Smash

Physical

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1.5 secSelf Only

Smashes the ground in front of himself with a large log, dealing 200% weapon damage to nearby enemies.

Overhead Smash

Tooltip

Smashes the ground in front of himself with a large log, dealing 200% weapon damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Overhead Smash is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 75. Its area radius is 4 yards.

What it does

Overhead Smash is a Physical spell with a 1.5 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 200) in an 8 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 4 yard radius.

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 time1.5 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 200
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 75
Misc value: 75
Radius: 4 yards

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Overhead Smash". This page is record #88482. 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
#63356journal encounter: Kologarn; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 140, effect 140; different tooltip textA different caster
#64003cast time: instant; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 140, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79580difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#90063cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 144A different effect setup
#147095used by: Cast by Overhead Smash; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#148240effect types: noneA different effect setup
#155299effect types: noneA different effect setup
#155300effect types: noneA different effect setup
#155301journal encounter: Gruul; effect types: noneA different caster
#158631effect types: noneA different effect setup
#173190effect types: noneA different effect setup
#175765effect 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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