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Shadow Spike

Spell

Shadow Spike

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2 secExtra Long Range

The Essence of Shadow pierces its current target with a dark spike, inflicting 35 Shadow Damage.

Shadow Spike

Tooltip

The Essence of Shadow pierces its current target with a dark spike, inflicting 35 Shadow Damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 35.

What it does

Shadow Spike is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 60 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 35).

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
Range60 yards (Extra Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 35

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 Spike appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Shadow Spike". This page is record #403699. 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
#33125school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#45885used by: Cast by Shadow Spike; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#46589used by: Cast by Shadow Spike; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#46680school: Physical; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: 28 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#97158cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97160cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#97161used by: Cast by Shadow Spike; cast time: instant; effect values: 79.25 (this record: 35); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#97208cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#170567cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#376914cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 35); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#401422cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Trigger Missile; 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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