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Shadow Bolt Volley

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Shadow Bolt Volley

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3.5 sec13.5 sec cooldownMedium Range

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting 25 Shadow damage to all enemies.

Shadow Bolt Volley

Tooltip

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting 25 Shadow damage to all enemies.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Shadow Bolt Volley is a Shadow spell with a 3.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 13.5 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 25) in a 30 yard radius.

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 time3.5 sec
Cooldown13.5 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 30 yards

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 94 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt Volley". This page is record #17228. 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
#20741cast time: instant; effect values: 597 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#21341used by: Cast by Berserk; cast time: instant; effect values: 12.58 (this record: 25); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#22665cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 796.5 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22878cast time: instant; effect values: 147 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#25586cast time: instant; effect values: 25.15 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#27382cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#27383used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt Volley; cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 396.5 (this record: 25); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27646cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 15 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#27831cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 20.94 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#28407cast time: instant; effect values: 12.56 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#28448cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 896.5 (this record: 25); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#28599cast time: instant; effect values: 9.16 (this record: 25); 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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