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Shadow Strike

Spell

Shadow Strike

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Instant castCombat Range

Infuses the caster's weapons with dark energy, giving successful melee attacks a chance to inflict Shadow damage.

Shadow Strike

Tooltip

Infuses the caster's weapons with dark energy, giving successful melee attacks a chance to inflict Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 35.

What it does

Shadow Strike is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon 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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
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 Strike 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 44 separate Spell records named "Shadow Strike". This page is record #176510. 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
#169634effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#177117school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186967school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#189526used by: Cast by Shadow Strike; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#189537duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#189641duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#200331used by: Cast by Dangerous Mists; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#200333school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#200555school: Physical; effect types: Teleport, effect 140A different effect setup
#206459cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#206460school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#222889effect types: School 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.

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