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Steel Traps

Spell

Steel Traps

Physical

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Instant cast16 sec cooldownTwelve yards

- Close range

Steel Traps

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

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Steel Traps is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 12 yards and a 16 sec cooldown.

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
Range12 yards (Twelve yards)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown16 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Dummy (3)
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 15 separate Spell records named "Steel Traps". This page is record #434679. 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
#434598different tooltip textA variant record
#434642effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#434680effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#434681different tooltip textA variant record
#434682effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#434683effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#434684different tooltip textA variant record
#449137effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#449138effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#449181used by: Cast by Steel Traps; duration: 25 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#449189duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#449195duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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