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Earth Spike

Spell

Earth Spike

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster stomps the ground, causing several stone pillars to erupt.

Earth Spike

Tooltip

The caster stomps the ground, causing several stone pillars to erupt. Each pillar inflicts 25 Physical damage to all players and knocks them away.

How it works

Earth Spike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 2 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 2 yards.

What it does

Earth Spike is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 25) in a 2 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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 2 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Radius: 2 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?

Earth Spike appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Earth Spike". This page is record #275184. 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
#160165school: Nature; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#160166school: Nature; effect values: 200, 50 (this record: 25, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#167055school: Nature; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#167056school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248360school: Nature; effect values: 1950, 50 (this record: 25, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#248361school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#270431school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#275188effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#275194journal encounter: Dunegorger Kraulok; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#275242effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#364023used by: Cast by Channel: Earth Spikes [DNT]; school: Nature; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#375411used by: Cast by Channel: Earth Spikes [DNT]; school: Nature; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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