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Shadow Burst

Spell

Shadow Burst

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3 sec4 sec cooldownMedium Range

Releases a burst of dark energy, inflicting Shadow damage to enemies.

Shadow Burst

Tooltip

Releases a burst of dark energy, inflicting Shadow damage to enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 500. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Shadow Burst is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 4 sec cooldown. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 500) in a 10 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 sec
Cooldown4 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 500
Radius: 10 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 33 separate Spell records named "Shadow Burst". This page is record #207642. 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
#139375duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182532effect values: 125 (this record: 500)Different tuning
#203354used by: Cast by Call Shadowflames; school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect values: 75 (this record: 500); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#204030cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#204040difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Dragons of Nightmare; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#204044difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 21 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205171school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#242558school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245868cast time: 1.4 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245869school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#245870used by: Cast by Shadow Burst; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#313260used by: Cast by Necrotic Burst; school: Physical; cast time: instant; 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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