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Sandstorm

Spell

Sandstorm

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Your spells and abilities have a chance to summon a cylone of piercing winds.

Sandstorm

Tooltip

Your spells and abilities have a chance to summon a cylone of piercing winds. Enemies inside the cyclone take damage every 2 sec, and deal less damage to you.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Sandstorm.

What it does

Sandstorm is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Sandstorm (record #273866).

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
DurationInfinite
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Sandstorm

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?

Sandstorm appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 43 separate Spell records named "Sandstorm". This page is record #273858. 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
#257157duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#257495journal encounter: The Sand Queen; school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 12 sec; different tooltip textA different caster
#257564duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#257570duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#257571duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#257572duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#257580school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#270759effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#273853duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#273866duration: 18 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#273868school: Nature; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#273870school: Nature; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, 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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