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Shield Bash

Spell

Shield Bash

Physical

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Instant castCombat Range

Bashes an enemy with the caster's shield, inflicting 10% weapon damage and knocking the target back.

Shield Bash

Tooltip

Bashes an enemy with the caster's shield, inflicting 10% weapon damage and knocking the target back.

How it works

Shield Bash is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 30. It applies the interrupted mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 10.

What it does

Shield Bash is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it has a Knock Back effect with the interrupted mechanic and deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 10).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Knock Back (98)
Value: 30
Misc value: 30
Mechanic: Interrupted
Effect #2Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 10

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 51 separate Spell records named "Shield Bash". This page is record #79732. 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
#33871duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35178duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36988duration: 8 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38233duration: 8 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41180journal encounter: Shade of Akama; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#41197duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#70964duration: 20 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#72194duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#82800cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#101817duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#117831duration: 1 sec; effect types: Area Aura (Party), School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#135620cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Weapon % Damage; 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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