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Shadow Nova

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Shadow Nova

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3 secSelf Only

Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby enemies and knocks them back.

Shadow Nova

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby enemies and knocks them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 297. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 125. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Shadow Nova is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 297) in a 10 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 10 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 time3 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 297
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 125
Misc value: 250
Radius: 10 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 74 separate Spell records named "Shadow Nova". This page is record #183768. 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
#170187effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#188402cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#191028school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#191144used by: Cast by Shadow Nova; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Jump to DestinationA helper record another spell casts
#191150used by: Cast by Shadow Nova; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 164A helper record another spell casts
#197799school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#197800used by: Cast by Shadow Nova; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#202839cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#209781school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#217079cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#218292effect values: 0.05, 225 (this record: 297, 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#219110cast time: 4 sec; effect values: 4000, 300 (this record: 297, 125); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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