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Shockwave

Spell

Shockwave

Physical

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0.9 secSelf Only

Physical spell.

Shockwave

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1.081. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Shockwave is a Physical spell with a 0.9 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 1.081) in an 8 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in an 8 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time0.9 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1.081
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 60
Radius: 8 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 120 separate Spell records named "Shockwave". This page is record #84491. 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
#79872cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80195effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83130school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83370cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83445school: Fire; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83454cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83499effect values: 64.98, 90 (this record: 1.08, 50)Different tuning
#83785cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#84715cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#86699cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#87759cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#88846cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Dummy; 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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