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Ruinous Bolt

Spell

Ruinous Bolt

Shadow

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1 sec2 sec cooldownExtra Long Range

Fires a bolt of crippling energy, inflicting 3.5 Shadow damage to the target.

Ruinous Bolt

Tooltip

Fires a bolt of crippling energy, inflicting 3.5 Shadow damage to the target.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 3.5.

What it does

Ruinous Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 60 yards and a 2 sec cooldown.

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
Range60 yards (Extra Long Range)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown2 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 3.5

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 10 separate Spell records named "Ruinous Bolt". This page is record #339120. 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
#256865cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#256952cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#260696cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260700journal encounter: Heartsbane Triad; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#265877cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#273150school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277394cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#280206used by: Cast by Wandering Soul; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#386096cast time: 2 sec; effect 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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