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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

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2.2 secMedium Range

Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy causing Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy causing Shadow damage.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Bolt costs 40 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2.2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage.

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
Cost40 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2.2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)

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.

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Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #144258. 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
#41957cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 46.51 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#43330cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43649journal encounter: Skarvald & Dalronn; cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 20 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different caster
#43667journal encounter: Prince Keleseth; cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 20 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different caster
#45055used by: Cast by Augment Pain; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#45679cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#45680used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: instant; effect values: 15.5 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#47076cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 35.97 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#47248cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 43.41 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#49084cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 25.73 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#50455cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 19.78 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#51363cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 7.67 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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