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Backhand

Spell

Backhand

Physical

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1.5 secCombat Range

A mighty backhand inflicts 3.10919 Physical damage and knocks back enemies in front of the caster.

Backhand

Tooltip

A mighty backhand inflicts 3.10919 Physical damage and knocks back enemies in front of the caster.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3.1092. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Backhand is a Physical spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 3.1092) in a 10 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 10 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 time1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3.1092
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 150
Radius: 10 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 20 separate Spell records named "Backhand". This page is record #176577. 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
#52908cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59047cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76893used by: Cast by Force Backhand; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#118975cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#120371cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#130081cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140381cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#162127cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#167811cast time: 0.4 sec; effect values: 1.75, 140 (this record: 3.11, 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#260622cast time: instant; effect values: 300, 100 (this record: 3.11, 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#272274cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#276991cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % 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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