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Shadow Blast

Spell

Shadow Blast

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6 secLong Range

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage equal to 80% of the target's maximum health.

Shadow Blast

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage equal to 80% of the target's maximum health.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Blast costs 900 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 80.

What it does

Shadow Blast is a Shadow spell with a 6 sec cast and a range of 40 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
Cost900 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 80

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 #59102. 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
#38085effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38205effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41078journal encounter: Illidan Stormrage; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#49696cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56698effect values: 65 (this record: 80)Different tuning
#59013cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60646cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#70866cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83929school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83931school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Jump to Destination, Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#83975school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#83977school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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