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Shadow Burst

Spell

Shadow Burst

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Instant castFive Hundred Yards

Targets a player for a burst of energy.

Shadow Burst

Tooltip

Targets a player for a burst of energy. After 10 sec, shadow magic spreads to the three players nearest to that target, inflicting 9.14865 Shadow damage every 3 sec and reducing movement speed by 10% for 21 sec. This effect stacks.

Lethon uses this ability while flying.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 204044.

What it does

Shadow Burst is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 500 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 204044

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Burst appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 33 separate Spell records named "Shadow Burst". This page is record #204040. 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
#139375cast time: 3 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182532cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203354used by: Cast by Call Shadowflames; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#204030duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#204044difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; duration: 21 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205171school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 204044)Different tuning
#207642cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#242558school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245868cast time: 1.4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245869school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#245870used by: Cast by Shadow Burst; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#313260used by: Cast by Necrotic Burst; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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.

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