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Piercing Throw

Spell

Piercing Throw

Physical

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Instant castVision Range

Houndmaster Braun throws one of his knives at a random enemy, inflicting 356 to 393 Physical damage and applying Bloody Mess to all enemies in the knife's path.

Piercing Throw

Tooltip

Houndmaster Braun throws one of his knives at a random enemy, inflicting 356 to 393 Physical damage and applying Bloody Mess to all enemies in the knife's path.

How it works

Piercing Throw is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 356. Its area radius is 40 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 40 yards. It triggers Bloody Mess.

What it does

Piercing Throw is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 356) in a 40 yard radius. It also casts Bloody Mess.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 356
Radius: 40 yards
Effect #2Effect 140
Radius: 40 yards
Trigger spell: Bloody Mess

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?

Piercing Throw appears in: 2 spells that cast 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 6 separate Spell records named "Piercing Throw". This page is record #114020. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#114004duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#114017effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#114021effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#114086effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#114087duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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