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Steel Trap

Spell

Steel Trap

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

- Close range

Steel Trap

Tooltip

- Close range
- Traps root
- Long duration

16 sec cooldown
Toss a cluster of steel traps directly in front of the caster, rooting and damaging enemies that trigger them.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.353 times attack power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. It applies the rooted mechanic.

What it does

Steel Trap is a Physical spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage and applies an aura with the rooted mechanic.

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 timeInstant
Duration3 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Attack power coefficient: 0.353
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Mechanic: Rooted

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 15 separate Spell records named "Steel Trap". This page is record #432783. 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
#162488duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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
#287209duration: none; effect 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
#432627different tooltip textA variant record
#432784used by: Cast by Steel Traps; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#432786different tooltip textA variant record
#432787used by: Cast by Steel Traps; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#432790different tooltip textA variant record
#432791used 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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