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Shadow Strike

Spell

Shadow Strike

Physical

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2 secLong Range

Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time.

Shadow Strike

Tooltip

Hurls a poisoned dagger which deals large initial damage, and then deals damage over time. The poisoned unit has its movement rate slowed for a short duration.

How it works

Shadow Strike is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 300.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -80.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 35 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (140 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Strike is a Physical spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 300), applies an aura and applies an aura every 2 sec.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 300
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -80
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 35
Period: every 2 sec

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 44 separate Spell records named "Shadow Strike". This page is record #186967. 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
#169634school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176510used by: Cast by Shadow Strikes; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#177117cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#189526used by: Cast by Shadow Strike; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#189537school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#189641school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#200331used by: Cast by Dangerous Mists; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#200333cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#200555cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Teleport, effect 140A different effect setup
#206459school: Shadow; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#206460cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#222889used by: Cast by Shadow Strikes; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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