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Strangling Roots

Spell

Strangling Roots

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Throws a spear at an enemy, inflicting Physical damage.

Strangling Roots

Tooltip

Throws a spear at an enemy, inflicting Physical damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 2 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 199051.

What it does

Strangling Roots is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards.

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
Global cooldown2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 1152
Effect #1Effect 77
Value: 199051

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?

Strangling Roots appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Strangling Roots". This page is record #199043. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#35234school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199024duration: 6.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199025effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#199040effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#199041effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#199051effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199060duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199063journal encounter: Oakheart; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#199067cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204574cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#204599effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1233651school: Nature; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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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