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Backstab

Spell

Backstab

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Inflicts 150% weapon damage to an enemy, but only if attacking from behind.

Backstab

Tooltip

Inflicts 150% weapon damage to an enemy, but only if attacking from behind.

How it works

Each cast of Backstab costs 20 Energy.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150.

What it does

Backstab 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 150).

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
Cost20 Energy
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150

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 40 separate Spell records named "Backstab". This page is record #102924. 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
#30992effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34614effect values: 125 (this record: 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37685no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#52540effect values: 200 (this record: 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#58471effect values: 175 (this record: 150)Different tuning
#63754effect values: 200 (this record: 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#71410effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#75360duration: 15 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76520no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#79862different tooltip textA variant record
#143481effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145562effect types: School 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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