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Piercing Strand

Spell

Piercing Strand

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Physical spell.

Piercing Strand

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Piercing Strand is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 38771

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 8 separate Spell records named "Piercing Strand". This page is record #1245602. 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
#1227261school: Nature, Arcane; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1227263difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Loom'ithar; cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 203; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1227265duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1227742school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1237212difficulty rows: Normal, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Piercing Strand; duration: 45 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1237907used by: Cast by Piercing Strand; duration: none; effect types: effect 164, effect 164; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1250388difficulty rows: Mythic; used by: Cast by Piercing Strand; school: Nature; duration: 3.5 secA per-difficulty version

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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