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Black Arrow

Spell

Black Arrow

Shadow

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Instant cast15 sec cooldownSelf Only

Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing Shadow damage and summoning a skeletal minion to taunt it for the duration.

Black Arrow

Tooltip

Fires a Black Arrow at the target, dealing Shadow damage and summoning a skeletal minion to taunt it for the duration.

Black Arrow’s cooldown is reset when you kill an enemy.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Black Arrow is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 15 sec cooldown. 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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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?

Black Arrow appears in: 1 teaching spell.

Teaching spells

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Black Arrow". This page is record #214351. 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
#80003cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#101404cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145665duration: 20 sec; effect values: 5.83 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#225289cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 35 (this record: 0); 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; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#265958school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#281508school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357152school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record

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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