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Shadowbolt

Spell

Shadowbolt

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2.5 secVision Range (AOI)

The caster hurls a bolt of shadowy energies at the target, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadowbolt

Tooltip

The caster hurls a bolt of shadowy energies at the target, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 250.

What it does

Shadowbolt is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 250).

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 250

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 13 separate Spell records named "Shadowbolt". This page is record #237890. 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
#65943cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#125212cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 200 (this record: 250); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#133655effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#150243used by: Cast by Dark Blessing; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#151389cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368823school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368824used by: Cast by Shadowbolt; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#468597school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#470213school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#472722cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1270464cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1277182cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA 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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