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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

Shadow

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Instant castTower 100

Spins the caster in a circle, striking a nearby enemy with a shadow bolt, dealing 1063 to 1437 Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Spins the caster in a circle, striking a nearby enemy with a shadow bolt, dealing 1063 to 1437 Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1063.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1063).

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

SchoolShadow
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1063

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Bolt 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 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #30505. 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
#29317cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29487cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29626effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29640used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29927cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30055cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30686cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31618cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31627cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#32666different tooltip textA variant record
#32860cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33335cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; 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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