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Dread Bolt

Spell

Dread Bolt

Physical

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Instant cast2 sec cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

Fires a heavy blight bolt at a location, inflicting 10 Nature damage to enemies.

Dread Bolt

Tooltip

Fires a heavy blight bolt at a location, inflicting 10 Nature damage to enemies. Burns enemies with Nature's Protection for an additional 5 Nature damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 2 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Dread Bolt.

What it does

Dread Bolt is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and a 2 sec cooldown. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Dread Bolt (record #289972).

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
Cooldown2 sec
Global cooldown2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Dread Bolt

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 "Dread Bolt". This page is record #289973. 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
#252476school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#266460journal encounter: Gorak Tul; school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#288966used by: Cast by Dread Bolt; school: Physical, Shadow; effect types: effect 165, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#288970different tooltip textA variant record
#289972difficulty rows: Heroic; used by: Cast by Dread Bolt; school: Nature; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1307184journal encounter: The Coiled Altar; school: Shadow; 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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