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Shadow Blast

Spell

Shadow Blast

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Builds up a large charge of dark energy before slamming into the ground, dealing 23562 to 26437 Shadow damage to all enemies within 5 yards of the ground location, knocking them back.

Shadow Blast

Tooltip

Builds up a large charge of dark energy before slamming into the ground, dealing 23562 to 26437 Shadow damage to all enemies within 5 yards of the ground location, knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 23562. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Shadow Blast is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 23562) in a 5 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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 23562
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3Effect 144
Value: 50
Misc value: 100
Radius: 5 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Blast 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 62 separate Spell records named "Shadow Blast". This page is record #83981. 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
#49696cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56698cast time: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59013cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59102cast time: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60646cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#70866duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83929school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83931school: Physical; effect types: Jump to Destination, Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#83975school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#83977school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117628cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#117633effect types: School Damage; 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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