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Earthen Pillar

Spell

Earthen Pillar

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Tectus raises an Earthen Pillar from the ground.

Earthen Pillar

Tooltip

Tectus raises an Earthen Pillar from the ground. After several seconds of rumbling, the pillar will erupt from the targeted location, killing any players still standing on it.

Tectus uses this ability when he reaches 25 Energy.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.

What it does

Earthen Pillar is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 77

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?

Earthen Pillar appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Tectus in Highmaul
    Journal section: Tectus, The Living Mountain; Shard of Tectus; Mote of Tectus
    Encounter creatures: TectusRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Earthen Pillar". This page is record #162518. 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
#162519used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon ObjectA helper record another spell casts
#162520difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#162522effect types: effect 140, effect 86A different effect setup
#166024difficulty rows: Mythic; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#171045difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; effect types: Jump to Destination, School DamageA per-difficulty version
#370991journal encounter: The Primal Council; school: Nature; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, School Damage, Knock Back, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#371187difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA per-difficulty version
#372322effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#372323used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#373055duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#396343duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#397130effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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