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Shadow Nova

Spell

Shadow Nova

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Shadow Nova

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Nova costs 95 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Shadow Nova is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
Cost95 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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 74 separate Spell records named "Shadow Nova". This page is record #45492. 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
#34725school: Frost; different tooltip textA variant record
#36127cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38627duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39005cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40737duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43088cast time: 1.5 secA variant record
#44984school: PhysicalA variant record
#45327school: Fire; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45329cast time: 3.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45332different tooltip textA variant record
#51073used by: Cast by Shadow Barrage; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#52535effect types: School DamageA 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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