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Blood Nova

Spell

Blood Nova

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Seismic Slam jostles the shredclaw ejecting myocardial fluid inflicting 7 Shadow damage and an additional 1 Shadow damage every 1 sec, increasing damage taken by 3% for 9 sec.

Blood Nova

Tooltip

Seismic Slam jostles the shredclaw ejecting myocardial fluid inflicting 7 Shadow damage and an additional 1 Shadow damage every 1 sec, increasing damage taken by 3% for 9 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Blood Nova is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 7. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 3. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1 per tick. Its area radius is 20 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 9 times over the full 9 sec (9 base in total).

What it does

Blood Nova is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 7) in a 20 yard radius, applies an aura in a 20 yard radius and applies an aura in a 20 yard radius every 1 sec. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration9 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 7
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 3
Misc value: 127
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1
Radius: 20 yards
Period: every 1 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Blood Nova appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Predaxas in Midnight
    Journal section: Seismic Slam > Enraged Bloodclaw
    Encounter creatures: PredaxasRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Blood Nova". This page is record #1277694. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#72378difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 140, effect 77; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#72379used by: Cast by Blood Nova; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#72380school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#257252cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#323544journal encounter: Hakkar the Soulflayer; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#332335cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#454008cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, DummyA 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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