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Meat Hook

Spell

Meat Hook

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The construct hurls its meat hook through the air, pulling the first target hit to its location.

Meat Hook

Tooltip

The construct hurls its meat hook through the air, pulling the first target hit to its location.

Inflicts 40 Physical damage to players.

How it works

Meat Hook is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 128.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 25.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Meat Hook is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Effect 77
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 128
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
Value: 25
Misc value: 500
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 20257

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Meat Hook appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 38 separate Spell records named "Meat Hook". This page is record #322681. 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
#320208cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#320314duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#320317duration: none; effect types: effect 254A different effect setup
#321102duration: none; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#322548used by: Cast by Meat Hook; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#322560duration: none; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#327028duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#327041used by: Cast by Meat Hook; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#327088duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#327461school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#327463duration: none; effect types: effect 213; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#327952duration: 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.

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