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Shadow Blast

Spell

Shadow Blast

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Creates a blast of shadowy energy that moves forward to the recently spawned Shadow Torch.

Shadow Blast

Tooltip

Creates a blast of shadowy energy that moves forward to the recently spawned Shadow Torch. Upon reaching the Shadow Torch, Shadow Blasts chain to all other Shadow Torches, dealing Shadow damage to any enemy it passes through.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 300.

What it does

Shadow Blast is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 300

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 62 separate Spell records named "Shadow Blast". This page is record #232511. 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
#225194cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232502school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232510school: Physical; duration: 1 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#234011duration: 5 min; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#234018effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#234413effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#235391cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#236233cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#236242journal encounter: Mephistroth; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#236278duration: 30 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#241049cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#241788cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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