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Ground Smash

Spell

Ground Smash

Physical

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2 secSelf Only

Inflicts 18 Physical damage to nearby enemies, stunning them for 2 sec.

Ground Smash

Tooltip

Inflicts 18 Physical damage to nearby enemies, stunning them for 2 sec.

How it works

Ground Smash is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 18. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. It applies the stunned mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Ground Smash is a Physical spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 18) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura with the stunned mechanic in a 10 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned 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 time2 sec
Duration2 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 18
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Mechanic: Stunned
Radius: 10 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 19 separate Spell records named "Ground Smash". This page is record #12734. 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
#38784cast time: 0.9 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#38785cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59865cast time: instant; effect values: 37.11, 0 (this record: 18, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#82120cast time: instant; effect values: 221.5, 0 (this record: 18, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#115015cast time: 4 sec; effect values: 144, 0 (this record: 18, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#150659cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#150661duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#169346duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173578cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173579used by: Cast by Ground Smash; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#173952school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176599cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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