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Burrowing Charge

Spell

Burrowing Charge

Physical

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2 secSelf Only

The caster burrows beneath the ground, reducing damage taken by 99% for 8 sec.

Burrowing Charge

Tooltip

The caster burrows beneath the ground, reducing damage taken by 99% for 8 sec. While burrowed, the caster periodically charges at players, inflicting 30 Physical damage to players hit and knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is -99.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Burrowing Charge.

What it does

Burrowing Charge is a spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Burrowing Charge (record #448270).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 33239
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: -99
Misc value: 127
Effect #3Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Burrowing Charge

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 7 separate Spell records named "Burrowing Charge". This page is record #448269. 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
#448270used by: Cast by Burrowing Charge; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#448271used by: Cast by Burrowing Charge; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 254; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#448274cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1299130school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1299135school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: effect 254, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1300083journal encounter: The Writhing Coil; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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