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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 Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.5 sec. It triggers Shadow Burst.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Shadow Burst is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Shadow Burst (record #440779).

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
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.5 sec
Trigger spell: Shadow Burst
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 1633, 5

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 #440780. 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; 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
#319373school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#440779used by: Cast by Shadow Burst; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA helper record another spell casts
#440793school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#440795school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Jump to DestinationA different effect setup
#441802used by: Cast by Shadow Blast; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#441811school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 165A different effect setup
#444379used by: Cast by Shadow Blast; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#448144used by: Cast by Shadow Blast; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 160A helper record another spell casts
#448145used by: Cast by Shadow Burst; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 165A 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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