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Shadow Shot

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Shadow Shot

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Instant cast6 sec cooldownMonster Shoot

Shoots an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Shot

Tooltip

Shoots an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 7.

What it does

Shadow Shot is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 5-30 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 7).

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
Range5-30 yards (Monster Shoot)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 7

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 8 separate Spell records named "Shadow Shot". This page is record #18649. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#17171effect values: 147 (this record: 7)Different tuning
#29632cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29641used by: Cast by Shadow Shot; cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 7); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#237630journal encounter: Sisters of the Moon; cast time: instant; effect values: 67.17 (this record: 7); different tooltip textA different caster
#258212cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#261998cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1226949cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % DamageA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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