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Steel Trap

Spell

Steel Trap

Physical

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Hunter

Instant cast30 sec cooldownLong Range

Hurls a Steel Trap to the target location that snaps shut on the first enemy that approaches, immobilizing them for 20 sec and causing them to bleed for (32% of Attack Power) damage over 20 sec.

Steel Trap

Tooltip

Hurls a Steel Trap to the target location that snaps shut on the first enemy that approaches, immobilizing them for 20 sec and causing them to bleed for (32% of Attack Power) damage over 20 sec.

Damage other than Steel Trap may break the immobilization effect. Trap will exist for 1 min. Limit 1.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). Its area radius is 3 yards. It triggers Steel Trap.

What it does

Steel Trap is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and a 30 sec cooldown. When cast it launches a missile in a 3 yard radius. It also casts Steel Trap (record #162496).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Radius: 3 yards
Trigger spell: Steel Trap

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?

Steel Trap appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

  • Steel Trap (2 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Steel Trap". This page is record #162488. 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
#162480duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#162487used by: Hunter; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#162496used by: Cast by Steel Trap; duration: 1 min; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#287194duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#287209effect types: Trigger Missile, effect 164; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#287218duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#432625used by: Cast by Steel Traps; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#432627duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#432783duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#432784used by: Cast by Steel Traps; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#432786duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#432787used by: Cast by Steel Traps; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts

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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