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Sandstorm

Spell

Sandstorm

Nature

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1.5 secCharge, 60

Focuses a sandstorm around a target for 12 sec, reducing the chance to hit of all enemies caught within by 33%.

Sandstorm

Tooltip

Focuses a sandstorm around a target for 12 sec, reducing the chance to hit of all enemies caught within by 33%.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

What it does

Sandstorm is a Nature spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 60 yards and effects that last 12 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

SchoolNature
Range60 yards (Charge, 60)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 5238

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 43 separate Spell records named "Sandstorm". This page is record #196144. 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
#136894duration: 8 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#136895school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 8 secA variant record
#136899used by: Cast by Sandstorm; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#144082cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#239391cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#239392cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 11.2 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#252264school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#257157school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#257495journal encounter: The Sand Queen; cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#257564school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#257570school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#257571school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Create Area EffectA 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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