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Black Arrow

Spell

Black Arrow

Shadow

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2 secMedium Range

Curses an enemy, inflicting periodic Shadow damage over 8 sec.

Black Arrow

Tooltip

Curses an enemy, inflicting periodic Shadow damage over 8 sec. If the target dies while afflicted by Black Arrow, a Skeleton will be summoned from the target's corpse.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 35 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (140 base in total).

What it does

Black Arrow is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 35
Spell power coefficient: 1
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 #225289. 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
#101404duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145665cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect values: 5.83 (this record: 35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#186070used by: Cast by Black Arrow; cast time: instant; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#194599cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205763cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#214351cast time: instant; duration: none; effect values: 0 (this record: 35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#251142cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264898school: Physical; 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
#281508school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357152school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 35)Different tuning
#358704journal encounter: Sylvanas Windrunner; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster

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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