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Tooltip
Wails with anguish, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy.
What it does
Banshee Wail is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 70).
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 facts
SchoolShadow
Cast time1.5 sec
EffectWeapon % Damage
RangeLong Range
Spell ID284171Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 40 yards (Long Range) |
| Cast time | 1.5 sec |
| Effect #1 | Weapon % Damage (31) Value: 70 |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Banshee Wail". This page is record #284171. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #228625 | cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #283781 | school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #348094 | cast time: 5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #348108 | used by: Cast by Banshee Wail; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #348109 | journal encounter: Sylvanas Windrunner; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip text | A different caster |
| #348133 | used by: Cast by Banshee Wail; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #351252 | difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; used by: Cast by Banshee Wail; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip text | A per-difficulty version |
| #351253 | cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #355489 | school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #357719 | cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #397483 | used by: Cast by [DNT] Cancel Summons; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #406268 | school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Spell, Dummy; different tooltip text | A 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.