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Shadow Nova

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Shadow Nova

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Self destructs, inflicting 55.0001 Shadow damage to all enemies.

Shadow Nova

Tooltip

Self destructs, inflicting 55.0001 Shadow damage to all enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 55.0001. Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Shadow Nova is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 55.0001) in a 300 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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 55.0001
Radius: 300 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 Nova appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth in Uldir
    Journal section: Stage One: Chaos and Deception > Roiling Deceit > Ominous Cloud > Guardian of Yogg-Saron; Stage Two: Deception > Roiling Deceit > Ominous Cloud > Guardian of Yogg-Saron
    Encounter creatures: Zek'voz, Silithid Warrior, Nerubian VoidweaverRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 74 separate Spell records named "Shadow Nova". This page is record #265374. 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
#197799school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#197800used by: Cast by Shadow Nova; effect values: 0 (this record: 55); 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; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#217079cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 3000 (this record: 55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#218292cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#219110cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#223621cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 650 (this record: 55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#249066cast time: 4 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#249243cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 167.93 (this record: 55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#254190cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260235cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 55); 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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