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Hand of Gul'dan

Spell

Hand of Gul'dan

FireShadow

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1.5 sec1.5 sec cooldownMedium Range

Summons a falling meteor to strike the target and all enemies within 6 yards for Shadowflame damage and inflicting them with Shadowflame, increasing Shadow and Fire damage taken by 10% for 15 sec.

Hand of Gul'dan

Tooltip

Summons a falling meteor to strike the target and all enemies within 6 yards for Shadowflame damage and inflicting them with Shadowflame, increasing Shadow and Fire damage taken by 10% for 15 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Hand of Gul'dan is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 0.3918. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 10. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Hand of Gul'dan is a Fire and Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards, a 1.5 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Fire and Shadow damage (base value 0.3918) in a 6 yard radius and applies an aura in a 6 yard radius.

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

SchoolFire, Shadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown1.5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 0.3918
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 10
Misc value: 36
Radius: 6 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 22 separate Spell records named "Hand of Gul'dan". This page is record #210015. 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
#196282cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#206844school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#209125school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#209126school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 1 hr; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#212256journal encounter: Gul'dan; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#212258school: Shadow; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212262used by: Cast by Hand of Gul'dan; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#212721school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 1 hr; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#212722school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 1 hr; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#215736school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 1 hr; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#215738school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 1 hr; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#215739school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 1 hr; effect types: SummonA 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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