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Shattering Backhand

Spell

Shattering Backhand

Shadow

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2 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Fractillus does a sweeping backhand, inflicting 25 Shadow damage to all players and knocking back players afflicted.

Shattering Backhand

Tooltip

Fractillus does a sweeping backhand, inflicting 25 Shadow damage to all players and knocking back players afflicted.

How it works

Shattering Backhand is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 10. Its area radius is 70 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 70 yards.

What it does

Shattering Backhand is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 25) in a 70 yard radius.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 10
Radius: 70 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 70 yards

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?

Shattering Backhand 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 4 separate Spell records named "Shattering Backhand". This page is record #1220394. 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
#1220395school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 254, effect 164; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1227376school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1239848school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Knock BackA 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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