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Buzz Saw

Spell

Buzz Saw

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Spinning buzz saws rip and tear at any target, inflicting 6 Physical damage and knocking them back.

Buzz Saw

Tooltip

Spinning buzz saws rip and tear at any target, inflicting 6 Physical damage and knocking them back.

How it works

Buzz Saw is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 2 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 6.

What it does

Buzz Saw is a Physical spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 2 yard radius and deals Physical damage (base value 6).

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 100
Radius: 2 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 6

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?

Buzz Saw appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 7 separate Spell records named "Buzz Saw". This page is record #282945. 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
#261731cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#282898duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#291263duration: 24 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#450580cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#452715used by: Cast by Buzz Saw; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#452716duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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