Spell

Thousand Blades

Physical

Instant castSelf Only

Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of steel that inflicts normal damage plus a bonus.

Thousand Blades

How it works

Thousand Blades is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 500. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 8 yards.
Effect 2 is effect type 164, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Caustic Tar.
Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Thousand Blades.

What it does

Thousand Blades is a Physical spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals weapon damage (base value 500) in an 8 yard radius. It also casts Caustic Tar and Thousand Blades (record #122955).

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

School	Physical
Range	Self Only
Cast time	Instant
Effect #1	Weapon Damage (58) Value: 500 Spell power coefficient: 1 Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2	Effect 164 Trigger spell: Caustic Tar
Effect #3	Trigger Spell (64) Trigger spell: Thousand Blades

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Thousand Blades appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

Thousand BladesTriggers this spell

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Thousand Blades". This page is record #120760. 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
#24649	cast time: 0.2 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 77; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#24767	cast time: 0.2 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 77	A different effect setup
#96644	difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: School Damage, effect 77; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#96646	cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#120759	duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#122955	effect types: Dummy	A 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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Thousand Blades

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