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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

Shadow

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1488. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1488).

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1488
Spell power coefficient: 1

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #30686. 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 secA variant record
#29487cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29626cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29640used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: instant; 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
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#31618no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#31627cast time: 1.5 secA variant record
#32666cast time: instantA variant record
#32860cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33335effect types: DummyA 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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