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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

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2 secLong Range

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 Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 400.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 400).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 400

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 #43330. 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
#39309effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#40185journal encounter: Teron Gorefiend; cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different caster
#41069cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#41280effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#41957effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#43649journal encounter: Skarvald & Dalronn; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#43667journal encounter: Prince Keleseth; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#45055used by: Cast by Augment Pain; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; 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 types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#47076cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#47248cast 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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