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Poison Bolt

Spell

Poison Bolt

Nature

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2 secMedium Range

The caster shoots a potent glob of poison at their current target, inflicting Nature damage and poisoning to inflict additional Nature damage for 5 sec.

Poison Bolt

Tooltip

The caster shoots a potent glob of poison at their current target, inflicting Nature damage and poisoning to inflict additional Nature damage for 5 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 4.

Poison Bolt is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 130.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). Its base value is 20. It triggers Poison Bolt.

What it does

Poison Bolt is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 130) and launches a missile. It also casts Poison Bolt (record #443933).

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

SchoolNature
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 4
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 130
Effect #2Trigger Missile (32)
Value: 20
Trigger spell: Poison Bolt

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 51 separate Spell records named "Poison Bolt". This page is record #432027. 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
#133813effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#142345cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#145548cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176514cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#431549duration: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#436322cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#438200journal encounter: The Silken Court; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 18 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#440160cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#442638cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#443933used by: Cast by Poison Bolt; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#459009cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#470475school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: DummyA 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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