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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

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2 secVision Range (AOI)

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 197. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 197).

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 time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 197
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 #41280. 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
#38825cast time: instant; effect values: 36.16 (this record: 197)Different tuning
#38892cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 43.41 (this record: 197); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39025cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 37.21 (this record: 197); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39026cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 37.21 (this record: 197); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39297cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 43.41 (this record: 197)Different tuning
#39309effect values: 46.51 (this record: 197)Different tuning
#40185journal encounter: Teron Gorefiend; cast time: instant; effect values: 17.92 (this record: 197)A different caster
#41069cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 40.93 (this record: 197)Different tuning
#41957effect values: 46.51 (this record: 197)Different tuning
#43330effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#43649journal encounter: Skarvald & Dalronn; effect values: 20 (this record: 197); different tooltip textA different caster
#43667journal encounter: Prince Keleseth; effect values: 20 (this record: 197); different tooltip textA different caster

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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