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Gripping Shadows

Spell

Gripping Shadows

Physical

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12 secSelf Only

Harness the unholy energy that surrounds and binds all matter, drawing enemy targets toward the caster.

Gripping Shadows

Tooltip

Harness the unholy energy that surrounds and binds all matter, drawing enemy targets toward the caster.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 64431. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Gripping Shadows is a spell with a 12 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time12 sec
MechanicKnockbacked
Effect #1Effect 77
Value: 64431
Radius: 45 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Gripping Shadows". This page is record #221217. 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
#87624cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#87629school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186350journal encounter: Mannoroth; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 140; different tooltip textA different caster
#190482used by: Cast by Gripping Shadows; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#190736school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#221208cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#249465cast time: 1 sec; duration: 2 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#249466duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#249467used by: Cast by Gripping Shadows; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 145, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#274245school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA 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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