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Shield Slam

Spell

Shield Slam

Physical

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0.6 secCombat Range (Extended)

Slams an enemy with a shield, inflicting Physical damage and knocking them back.

Shield Slam

Tooltip

Slams an enemy with a shield, inflicting Physical damage and knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 16.7927.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 75.

What it does

Shield Slam is a Physical spell with a 0.6 sec cast and a range of 8 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 16.7927) and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Range8 yards (Combat Range (Extended))
Cast time0.6 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 16.7927
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 75
Misc value: 100

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 "Shield Slam". This page is record #235947. 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
#158157cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 140, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#162508difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#166183cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#169429cast time: instant; effect values: 20, 100 (this record: 16.79, 75); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#180781cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183542cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222211cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#231834subtext: Rank 3; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#236388cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#304209cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#316523subtext: Rank 2; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#316790subtext: Rank 4; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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