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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

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1.5 sec3 sec cooldownMedium Range

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 46.5113. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 3 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 46.5113).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 46.5113
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #30055. 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
#29317cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 16.75 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29487effect values: 17.59 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29626cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29640used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29927cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 29.77 (this record: 46.51)Different tuning
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; effect values: 12 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30686cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 21.71 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31618cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 12.66 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#31627effect values: 43.41 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#32666cast time: instant; effect values: 221.5 (this record: 46.51); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#32860cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33335cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; 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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