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Shadow Burst

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Shadow Burst

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Continually emits powerful bursts of shadow energy, inflicting 5 Shadow damage to enemies hit.

Shadow Burst

Tooltip

Continually emits powerful bursts of shadow energy, inflicting 5 Shadow damage to enemies hit.

How it works

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 5.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50.

What it does

Shadow Burst is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 5) and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 5
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 50

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 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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 #440779. 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
#245869school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#245870effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#313260used by: Cast by Necrotic Burst; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#319373school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#440780duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#440793school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#440795school: Physical; effect types: Jump to DestinationA different effect setup
#441802used by: Cast by Shadow Blast; school: Physical; effect types: Dummy, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#441811school: Physical; effect types: effect 165A different effect setup
#444379used by: Cast by Shadow Blast; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#448144used by: Cast by Shadow Blast; school: Physical; effect types: effect 160A helper record another spell casts
#448145school: Physical; effect types: effect 165A 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.

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