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Blowback

Spell

Blowback

Nature

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Instant castTwenty yards

Interrupts while affected by Blessing of the Tempest create a Blowback at a nearby location which inflicts 23 Nature damage and knocks back enemies that come in contact with it.

Blowback

Tooltip

Interrupts while affected by Blessing of the Tempest create a Blowback at a nearby location which inflicts 23 Nature damage and knocks back enemies that come in contact with it.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 24.2844. Its area radius is 1.75 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 1.75 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Blowback is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it deals Nature damage (base value 24.2844) in a 1.75 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 1.75 yard radius and summons a creature.

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

SchoolNature
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 24.2844
Radius: 1.75 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 100
Radius: 1.75 yards
Effect #3Summon (28)
Misc value: 136314, 64

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?

Blowback appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Blowback". This page is record #267841. 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
#237722school: Holy; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248812journal encounter: Maiden of Vigilance; school: Holy; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164, effect 164; different tooltip textA different caster
#267836school: Physical; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#267838duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#267842school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#273706school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Knock BackA different effect setup
#290025school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#387627journal encounter: Dathea, Ascended; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#387793school: Physical; duration: 100 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#391382difficulty rows: Mythic; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#395501difficulty rows: Mythic; cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#395624duration: 5 sec; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage, Apply Aura; 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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