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Shield Smash

Spell

Shield Smash

Physical

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2.5 secCombat Range

Inflict Physical damage and shove an enemy back a short distance.

Shield Smash

Tooltip

Inflict Physical damage and shove an enemy back a short distance.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 138, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Shield Smash is a Physical spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150) in a 5 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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Effect 138
Value: 50
Misc value: -60
Radius: 5 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 16 separate Spell records named "Shield Smash". This page is record #203360. 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
#62332cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62420journal encounter: Thorim; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#151010journal encounter: Death Speaker Blackthorn; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different caster
#155575cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#158658cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Interrupt Cast, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204041effect values: 300, 50 (this record: 150, 50)Different tuning
#204311no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#204312effect values: 300, 50 (this record: 150, 50)Different tuning
#204313effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#204319effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#241774cast time: 2 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#345109cast time: instant; effect types: effect 203, Trigger Spell; 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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