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Shell Spin

Spell

Shell Spin

Physical

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Instant castTen yards

The tortoise spins around for 6 sec, inflicting 30 Physical damage every 1 sec to enemies and knocking them back.

Shell Spin

Tooltip

The tortoise spins around for 6 sec, inflicting 30 Physical damage every 1 sec to enemies and knocking them back.

How it works

Shell Spin is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Shell Spin is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 10 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 30) in a 10 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 10 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

SchoolPhysical
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 30
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 150
Misc value: 125
Radius: 10 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?

Shell Spin 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 33 separate Spell records named "Shell Spin". This page is record #427190. 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
#147591effect values: 12, 99.5 (this record: 30, 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#202291cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#202292effect values: 0.01, 99.5 (this record: 30, 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#250212effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#250213cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#394701cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#394707effect values: 30, 200 (this record: 30, 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#424744cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#424746effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#427189cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#454375cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#454377effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; 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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