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Shadow Bomb

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Shadow Bomb

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4.5 secLong Range

Hurls a large bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 60 Shadow damage.

Shadow Bomb

Tooltip

Hurls a large bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting 60 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 60.

What it does

Shadow Bomb is a Shadow spell with a 4.5 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 60).

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 time4.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 60

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 5 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bomb". This page is record #17434. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#151968school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#204962cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#250507cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#250509used by: Cast by Shadow Bomb; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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
Listed asShadow Bolt
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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