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Grounding Spear

Spell

Grounding Spear

Physical

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Chargath hurls a at a random player, inflicting Physical damage and knocking them back, then applying to the target.

Grounding Spear

Tooltip

Chargath hurls a at a random player, inflicting Physical damage and knocking them back, then applying to the target.

How it works

Grounding Spear is built from 6 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Grounding Spear.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Grounding Spear.
  4. Effect 4 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Grounding Spear.
  5. Effect 5 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers spell id 390494.
  6. Effect 6 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Grounding Chain.

What it does

Grounding Spear is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 200 yards. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Grounding Spear (record #373433), Grounding Spear (record #396672), Grounding Spear (record #374476) and Grounding Chain.

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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Grounding Spear
Effect #3Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Grounding Spear
Effect #4Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Grounding Spear
Effect #5Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell id 390494
Effect #6Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Grounding Chain

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 12 separate Spell records named "Grounding Spear". This page is record #396424. 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
#373424journal encounter: Chargath, Bane of Scales; cast time: 3.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#373433difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; used by: Cast by Grounding Spear; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#373652duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#374476used by: Cast by Grounding Spear; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#374479effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#375057used by: Cast by [DNT] Clear Fiery Focus; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#389160used by: Cast by Grounding Spear; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#389161effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#389164effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#389166duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#396672used by: Cast by Grounding Spear; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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