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Waterspout

Spell

Waterspout

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

Creates a whirling vortex of water, periodically knocking back enemies.

Waterspout

Tooltip

Creates a whirling vortex of water, periodically knocking back enemies. In addition, the whirling water will deflect any spells cast at the caster and all ranged attacks to miss. Lasts 1 min.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Waterspout is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 5 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 150
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 150
Radius: 5 yards

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. 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 29 separate Spell records named "Waterspout". This page is record #75690. 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
#90440school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#90444school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#90461school: Physical; effect types: effect 149A different effect setup
#90471used by: Cast by Waterspout; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#90479duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90484used by: Cast by Waterspout; school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#90489used by: Cast by Waterspout; school: Physical; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#90495duration: 55 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#90497duration: 55 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#120519cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120520used by: Cast by Waterspout; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#120521effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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