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Arcing Smash

Spell

Arcing Smash

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Lashes out in a vicious arc, inflicting normal damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Arcing Smash

Tooltip

Lashes out in a vicious arc, inflicting normal damage to enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Arcing Smash is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) in an 8 yard radius.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Radius: 8 yards

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 24 separate Spell records named "Arcing Smash". This page is record #16169. 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
#8374journal encounter: XT-002 Deconstructor; different tooltip textA different caster
#28168effect values: 125 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38761effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39144effect values: 125 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#40457journal encounter: Gurtogg Bloodboil; effect values: 125 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA different caster
#48260effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#142815cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#142826used by: Cast by Arcing Smash; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#142898effect types: Jump to Destination; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143805duration: 3.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143806effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147688cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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