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Shadow Eruption

Spell

Shadow Eruption

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Instant castTwenty yards

Fire a bolt of deadly energy, dealing Shadow damage.

Shadow Eruption

Tooltip

Fire a bolt of deadly energy, dealing Shadow damage.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 15. Its area radius is 2.5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 2.5 yards. It triggers EotJ: Add Points (100).

What it does

Shadow Eruption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 15) in a 2.5 yard radius. It also casts EotJ: Add Points (100).

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 15
Radius: 2.5 yards
Effect #2Effect 140
Radius: 2.5 yards
Trigger spell: EotJ: Add Points (100)

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: 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 17 separate Spell records named "Shadow Eruption". This page is record #317783. 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
#86846effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#86849effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#170181used by: Cast by Shadow Infusion; effect types: Weapon % 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
#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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