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Earth Spike

Spell

Earth Spike

Nature

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Instant castTen yards

Summon earth spikes to periodically damage and knockback nearby enemies.

Earth Spike

Tooltip

Summon earth spikes to periodically damage and knockback nearby enemies.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Earth Spike is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 10 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 50) in an 8 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

SchoolNature
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 50
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 50
Misc value: 50
Radius: 8 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: 3 spells that cast 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 #364023. 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
#270431cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#275184used by: Cast by Earth Spike; school: Physical; effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#275188used by: Cast by Earth Spike; school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#275194journal encounter: Dunegorger Kraulok; school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#275242used by: Cast by Earth Spike; school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#375411no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#393458cast time: 2 sec; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#394978school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#394980used by: Cast by Earth Spike; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#394981school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#394986used by: Cast by Earth Spike; school: Physical; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#457336cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 144, Dummy; 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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