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Sweeping Scythe

Spell

Sweeping Scythe

Physical

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0.5 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Cleaves players in a half-circle in front of him, inflicting 671.707 Physical damage and increasing damage taken by subsequent Sweeping Scythes by 200% for 15 sec.

Sweeping Scythe

Tooltip

Cleaves players in a half-circle in front of him, inflicting 671.707 Physical damage and increasing damage taken by subsequent Sweeping Scythes by 200% for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Sweeping Scythe is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 671.707. It applies the infected mechanic. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 255. Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Sweeping Scythe is a Physical spell with a 0.5 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 671.707) with the infected mechanic in a 20 yard radius and applies an aura in a 20 yard radius. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time0.5 sec
Duration15 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 671.707
Mechanic: Infected
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 255
Value: 200
Misc value: 22
Radius: 20 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Sweeping Scythe appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Argus the Unmaker in Antorus, the Burning Throne
    Journal section: Stage Two: The Protector Redeemed; Stage One: Storm and Sky; Stage Four: The Gift of Life, The Forge of Loss
    Encounter creatures: Argus the UnmakerRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Sweeping Scythe". This page is record #248499. 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
#342050effect values: 0, 5.71, 20 (this record: 0, 671.71, 200)Different tuning
#342581cast time: 2.4 sec; effect values: 0, 3, 5 (this record: 0, 671.71, 200)Different tuning

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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