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Black Arrow

Spell

Black Arrow

Shadow

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Hunter

Instant cast30 sec cooldownLong Range

Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing 58.2973 damage over 20 sec.

Black Arrow

Tooltip

Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing 58.2973 damage over 20 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Black Arrow costs 35 Energy. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5.8297 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 10 times over the full 20 sec (58.3 base in total).

What it does

Black Arrow is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards, a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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

SchoolShadow
Cost35 Energy
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration20 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5.8297
Period: every 2 sec

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 30 separate Spell records named "Black Arrow". This page is record #145665. 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
#59712cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 510 (this record: 5.83); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#64102cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 min; effect values: 0.08 (this record: 5.83); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#80003cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#101404cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186070used by: Cast by Black Arrow; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#194599duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205763duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 5.83); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#214351duration: none; effect values: 0 (this record: 5.83); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#225289cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 35 (this record: 5.83); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#251142duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264898school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#265958school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % 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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