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Shadow Nova

Spell

Shadow Nova

Physical

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10 secLong Range

Deals shadow damage to enemies equal to 70% of their health.

Shadow Nova

Tooltip

Deals shadow damage to enemies equal to 70% of their health. 40 yard radius.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 70. Its area radius is 50 yards.

What it does

Shadow Nova is a spell with a 10 sec cast and a range of 40 yards.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time10 sec
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 70
Radius: 50 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 74 separate Spell records named "Shadow Nova". This page is record #82883. 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
#60845school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60851school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62714school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63723school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65209school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65719school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69355difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#70663school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#75073school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76588difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#83703difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: Shadow; cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#99715school: Shadow; cast time: 5 sec; effect 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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