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Backlash

Spell

Backlash

Arcane

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals Arcane damage for each magical spell cast while afflicted with Unchained Magic.

Backlash

Tooltip

Deals Arcane damage for each magical spell cast while afflicted with Unchained Magic.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 0.0048.

What it does

Backlash is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 0.0048).

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

SchoolArcane
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 0.0048

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 #69770. 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; effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51439school: Fire; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#87751school: Fire; 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
#229528school: Fire; different tooltip textA variant record
#247778school: Fire; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#387385used by: Cast by Backlash; school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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; 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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