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Backlash

Spell

Backlash

Fire

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Increases your critical strike chance by 2%.

Backlash

Tooltip

Increases your critical strike chance by 2%.

Physical attacks against you have a 20% chance to make your next Incinerate instant cast. This effect can only occur once.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is -100.

What it does

Backlash is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 15 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
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: -100
Misc value: 10

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?

Backlash appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Backlash". This page is record #387385. 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
#51439duration: 6 sec; effect values: 1.11 (this record: -100); 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
#247778duration: 6 sec; effect values: 450 (this record: -100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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
#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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