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Thousand Blades

Spell

Thousand Blades

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of steel that lasts 4 sec.

Thousand Blades

Tooltip

Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of steel that lasts 4 sec. and inflicts normal damage plus 300.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec. It triggers Thousand Blades.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 164, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Caustic Tar.

What it does

Thousand Blades is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Thousand Blades (record #120760) and Caustic Tar.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Thousand Blades
Effect #2Effect 164
Trigger spell: Caustic Tar

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 7 separate Spell records named "Thousand Blades". This page is record #120759. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#24649cast time: 0.2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24767cast time: 0.2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 77A different effect setup
#96644difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; used by: Cast by Thousand Blades; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 77; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#96646cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120760used by: Cast by Thousand Blades; duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage, effect 164, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#122955used by: Cast by Thousand Blades; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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