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Shadow Burst

Spell

Shadow Burst

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Warlock

Instant castCombat Range

Let forth a burst of energy knocking all nearby enemies back, dealing 447 Shadow damage and removing all threat.

Shadow Burst

Tooltip

Let forth a burst of energy knocking all nearby enemies back, dealing 447 Shadow damage and removing all threat.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Burst costs 380 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Shadow Burst is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 447. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Shadow Burst is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 447) in an 8 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in an 8 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
Cost380 Mana
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 447
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 30
Misc value: 150
Radius: 8 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 #28447. 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
#32324effect values: 297, 30 (this record: 447, 30); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#34436effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53850effect values: 6.28, 30 (this record: 447, 30); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#53851effect values: 8.37, 30 (this record: 447, 30); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#139375cast time: 3 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182532cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203354used by: Cast by Call Shadowflames; school: Fire; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#204030effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#204040difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Dragons of Nightmare; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#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 types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#207642cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % 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.

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 sighted2 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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