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Cutting Beam

Spell

Cutting Beam

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Unleashes a beam of lightning, inflicting 20 Nature damage every 1.5 sec to anyone under King Mechagon.

Cutting Beam

Tooltip

Unleashes a beam of lightning, inflicting 20 Nature damage every 1.5 sec to anyone under King Mechagon.

In addition, a pulse of lightning is unleashed every 0.5 sec for 6 sec, inflicting 2 Nature damage to all players.

How it works

Cutting Beam is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 20 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Cutting Beam is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1.5 sec and applies an aura.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 20
Period: every 1.5 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1616, 7

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?

Cutting Beam 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 9 separate Spell records named "Cutting Beam". This page is record #291914. 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
#261631duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#261789duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#291626duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 20, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#295904school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#295912cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#295914difficulty rows: Mythic Keystone, Mythic; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#296331used by: Cast by Cutting Beam; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1226680school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: 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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