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Piercing Shot

Spell

Piercing Shot

Shadow

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Instant castExtended Range

Shadow spell.

Piercing Shot

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 1 yards.

What it does

Piercing Shot is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 50 yards and effects that last 1 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 1 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

SchoolShadow
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 18023
Radius: 1 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Piercing Shot appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Piercing Shot". This page is record #308311. 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
#62319school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#126595school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149557school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149558school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#190317school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#198670school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199226used by: Cast by Penetrating Shot; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#213678school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232521school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256889school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#308308cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#308357duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; 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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