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Sweeping Spear

Spell

Sweeping Spear

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Throws a spinning spear at a ground location, inflicting Physical damage to nearby enemies every second.

Sweeping Spear

Tooltip

Throws a spinning spear at a ground location, inflicting Physical damage to nearby enemies every second.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 16.7927 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec.

What it does

Sweeping Spear is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 16.7927
Period: every 2 sec

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 8 separate Spell records named "Sweeping Spear". This page is record #236972. 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
#236948used by: Cast by Sweeping Spear; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#238448duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#238449used by: Cast by Sweeping Spear; school: Holy; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#238450used by: Cast by Sweeping Spear; school: Holy; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#238451used by: Cast by Sweeping Spear; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#238453duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#378950used by: Talent: Hunter; duration: none; effect values: 10 (this record: 16.79); different tooltip textA different owner

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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