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Physical
Tooltip
Inflicts normal damage on an enemy, stunning it for 5 sec. when attacking from stealth.
What it does
Cheap Shot is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.
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 facts
SchoolPhysical
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
EffectApply Aura
RangeTen yards
Spell ID268987Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | 10 yards (Ten yards) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Duration | 5 sec |
| Mechanic | Stunned |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 12 |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 35 separate Spell records named "Cheap Shot". This page is record #268987. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #171953 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage, Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #188148 | used by: Cast by Cheap Shot; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #188150 | duration: until cancelled | A variant record |
| #209238 | duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #257738 | duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Energize; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #263640 | duration: 2 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #268993 | duration: 3 sec | A variant record |
| #283655 | duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Energize; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #288588 | duration: 2 sec | A variant record |
| #326696 | duration: 4 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #374614 | duration: until cancelled; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #374615 | duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164; different tooltip text | A 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.