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Earthen Pillar

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Earthen Pillar

Nature

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Opalfang erupts pillars of rock from the earth at locations of several players, inflicting 50 Nature damage to players within 6 yards and knocking them back.

Earthen Pillar

Tooltip

Opalfang erupts pillars of rock from the earth at locations of several players, inflicting 50 Nature damage to players within 6 yards and knocking them back.

On this difficulty, Earthen Pillars erupt with.

How it works

Earthen Pillar is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers spell id 370977.
  5. Effect 5 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Earthen Pillar.

What it does

Earthen Pillar is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 300 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect, deals Nature damage (base value 50) in a 6 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 6 yard radius. It also casts Earthen Pillar (record #371187).

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 24960
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 50
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #3Knock Back (98)
Value: 200
Misc value: 60
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #4Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 500
Trigger spell id 370977
Effect #5Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 500
Trigger spell: Earthen Pillar

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 and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

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 14 separate Spell records named "Earthen Pillar". This page is record #370991. 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; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon ObjectA helper record another spell casts
#162520difficulty rows: Mythic; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#162522school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 140, effect 86A different effect setup
#166024difficulty rows: Mythic; school: Physical; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#171045difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Jump to Destination, School DamageA per-difficulty version
#371187difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; school: Physical; duration: 10 min; effect types: SummonA per-difficulty version
#372322school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#372323used by: Cast by Earthen Pillar; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#373055school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#396343school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#397130school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#397134school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: 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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