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Cerebral Assault

Spell

Cerebral Assault

Shadow

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6 secLonger Range

Blasts players in a cone, inflicting 25 Shadow damage and scrambling their brains, making them hostile to allies for 4 sec.

Cerebral Assault

Tooltip

Blasts players in a cone, inflicting 25 Shadow damage and scrambling their brains, making them hostile to allies for 4 sec.

How it works

Cerebral Assault is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 45 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. It applies the stunned mechanic. Its area radius is 45 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 243. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Cerebral Assault is a Shadow spell with a 6 sec cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 25) in a 45 yard radius, applies an aura with the stunned mechanic in a 45 yard radius and applies an aura in a 45 yard radius.

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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time6 sec
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 45 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Mechanic: Stunned
Radius: 45 yards
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 243
Misc value: 2577, 1
Radius: 45 yards

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?

Cerebral Assault 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 2 separate Spell records named "Cerebral Assault". This page is record #282589. 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
#285154difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: 6 secA per-difficulty version

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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