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Grappling Maw

Spell

Grappling Maw

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

While flying, the dragon lashes their primary target in cosmic entanglement, inflicting between 30 and 300 Shadow damage, increasing in damage as distance between the dragon and their target...

Grappling Maw

Tooltip

While flying, the dragon lashes their primary target in cosmic entanglement, inflicting between 30 and 300 Shadow damage, increasing in damage as distance between the dragon and their target increases.

The dragon then pulls the distant target nearby.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 254, which the datamine does not name.

What it does

Grappling Maw is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. The client files the whole spell under the knockbacked mechanic.

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

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
MechanicKnockbacked
Effect #1Effect 254
Misc value: 1711

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 6 separate Spell records named "Grappling Maw". This page is record #1280463. 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
#1280458journal encounter: Vaelgor & Ezzorak; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#1280459duration: 0.8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#1280464used by: Cast by Grappling Maw; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#1283925effect types: effect 203A different effect setup
#1283971effect types: School DamageA 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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