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Swoop

Spell

Swoop

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 50% weapon damage to an enemy, knocking them back a short distance.

Swoop

Tooltip

Inflicts 50% weapon damage to an enemy, knocking them back a short distance.

How it works

Swoop is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 65. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Swoop is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 50) in a 3 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 3 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

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 50
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 65
Misc value: 65
Radius: 3 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 42 separate Spell records named "Swoop". This page is record #77522. 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
#5708duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18144duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#23919duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37012duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51919effect types: effect 96, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55079used by: Cast by Bird Swoop; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#55936effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#132947effect types: effect 149, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#150132effect types: noneA different effect setup
#152223effect types: noneA different effect setup
#152225used by: Cast by Swoop; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#152661used by: Cast by Swoop; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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