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Thousand Blades

Spell

Thousand Blades

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of flying steel, dealing 16000 damage every second.

Thousand Blades

Tooltip

Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of flying steel, dealing 16000 damage every second.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 16000. Its area radius is 200 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.

What it does

Thousand Blades is a Physical spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 16000) in a 200 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 16000
Radius: 200 yards
Effect #2Effect 77

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

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Thousand Blades". This page is record #96644. 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; different tooltip textA variant record
#24767cast time: 0.2 secA variant record
#96646cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120759duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120760effect types: Weapon Damage, effect 164, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#122955effect types: DummyA 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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