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Shadow Claws

Spell

Shadow Claws

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Fade into the shadows, clawing all nearby enemies for instant Physical damage with additional Physical damage every 2 sec.

Shadow Claws

Tooltip

Fade into the shadows, clawing all nearby enemies for instant Physical damage with additional Physical damage every 2 sec. for 8 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 11.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 600. Its area radius is 40 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 125 per tick. Its area radius is 40 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (500 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Claws is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 600) in a 40 yard radius and applies an aura in a 40 yard radius every 2 sec. The client files the whole spell under the bleeding mechanic.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
MechanicBleeding
Dispel typeDispel type id 11
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 600
Radius: 40 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 125
Radius: 40 yards
Period: every 2 sec

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 15 separate Spell records named "Shadow Claws". This page is record #183952. 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
#176542school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183946cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183948used by: Cast by Shadow Claws; duration: 5 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#260019cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307545used by: Cast by Shadow Claws; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#310129journal encounter: Maut; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#314903cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#314904used by: Cast by Shadow Claws; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#315880used by: Cast by Shadow Claws; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#315881cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#321249school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#337246school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 24 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA 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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