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Attack

Spell

Attack

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Physical spell.

Attack

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 70.

What it does

Attack 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) and has a Knock Back effect. The client files the whole spell under the rooted mechanic.

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
MechanicRooted
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 70
Misc value: 85

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 28 separate Spell records named "Attack". This page is record #74413. 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
#7389cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31992school: Fire; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#68844used by: Cast by Periodically Play Attack Anim; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#75100duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#88163used by: Warrior; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#154820used by: Cast by Attack; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#154821duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#186695duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#233159effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#280368effect types: effect 165A different effect setup
#288789effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288793effect 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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