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Shadow Eruption

Spell

Shadow Eruption

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Instant castSelf Only

Infuses the caster with shadow magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Shadow Eruption

Tooltip

Infuses the caster with shadow magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Shadow Eruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) in a 6 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Radius: 6 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Eruption appears in: 3 spells that cast 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 17 separate Spell records named "Shadow Eruption". This page is record #170181. 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
#86845duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#86846used by: Cast by Shadow Eruption; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#86849used by: Cast by Shadow Eruption; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#179155effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#317782school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#317783used by: Cast by Shadow Eruption; effect types: School Damage, effect 140; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#373513cast time: 4 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#413012cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#413059cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#457446school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#457448cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1226917cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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.

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