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Arcane Shot

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Arcane Shot

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Fires a well-aimed Arcane Shot at a random enemy's head, inflicting high Arcane damage creating a zone of Arcane damage at their feet for 9 sec.

Arcane Shot

Tooltip

Fires a well-aimed Arcane Shot at a random enemy's head, inflicting high Arcane damage creating a zone of Arcane damage at their feet for 9 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 680.
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Arcane Shot is an Arcane spell with a 3 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 680) and has a Create Area Effect effect.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
Duration9 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 680
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 1578

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Arcane Shot appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Arcane Shot". This page is record #151286. 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
#58973cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69989cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#78754cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#84675cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#148232cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#151273cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171943cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185358used by: Hunter; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#188823cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205762cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#219674cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#246362cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize; 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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