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Ruinous Bolt

Spell

Ruinous Bolt

Shadow

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2 secLong Range

Fires a bolt of ruinous energy, inflicting 4.95 Shadow damage to the target.

Ruinous Bolt

Tooltip

Fires a bolt of ruinous energy, inflicting 4.95 Shadow damage to the target. Holding the focusing iris increases the damage done.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 4.95.

What it does

Ruinous Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 4.95).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 4.95

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?

Ruinous Bolt 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 10 separate Spell records named "Ruinous Bolt". This page is record #260700. 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
#256865effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256952effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260696effect values: 26.95 (this record: 4.95); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#265877effect values: 14.3 (this record: 4.95); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#273150school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277394effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#280206used by: Cast by Wandering Soul; cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 4.95); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#339120cast time: 1 sec; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#386096effect types: Weapon % DamageA 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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