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Backlash

Spell

Backlash

Fire

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Druid

Instant castSelf Only

Causing Fire damage to attackers when hit.

Backlash

Tooltip

Causing Fire damage to attackers when hit. Lasts 6 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 15. Its base value is 450.

What it does

Backlash is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 15
Value: 450

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 13 separate Spell records named "Backlash". This page is record #247778. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#37537school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51439effect values: 1.11 (this record: 450); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#69770difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#87751duration: none; effect types: effect 165, Knock Back, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#225778school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229528duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#247816school: Physical; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#387384used by: Talent: Warlock; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#387385used by: Cast by Backlash; duration: 15 sec; effect values: -100 (this record: 450); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1245624school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, effect 144, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1266001journal encounter: L'ura; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different caster
#1266002school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Knock Back, Apply AuraA 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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