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Tail Sweep

Spell

Tail Sweep

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts 15000 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 15000 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15000 per tick. Its area radius is 30 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (75000 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Sweep is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 30 yard radius every 3 sec and has a Knock Back effect in a 30 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15000
Radius: 30 yards
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 200
Radius: 30 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 23 separate Spell records named "Tail Sweep". This page is record #108589. 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
#25653difficulty rows: 10 Player; school: FireA per-difficulty version
#38737duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#40077duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#50155duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#55696duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#55697duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#58690duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59283duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68867difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA per-difficulty version
#71369difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA per-difficulty version
#90074duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#176463effect types: noneA 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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