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Tail Lash

Spell

Tail Lash

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

A sweeping tail strike hits all enemies behind the caster, taking 20.9613 damage, causing them to drop their weapon and stunning them for 2 sec.

Tail Lash

Tooltip

A sweeping tail strike hits all enemies behind the caster, taking 20.9613 damage, causing them to drop their weapon and stunning them for 2 sec.

How it works

Tail Lash is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). Its area radius is 30 yards. It triggers Dropped Weapon.
  3. Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20.9613. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Lash is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 30 yard radius and deals Physical damage (base value 20.9613) in a 30 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic. It also casts Dropped Weapon.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Radius: 30 yards
Trigger spell: Dropped Weapon
Effect #3School Damage (2)
Value: 20.9613
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 30 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 25 separate Spell records named "Tail Lash". This page is record #23364. 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
#25654effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, School DamageA different effect setup
#34811duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45122effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#56910effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#58957effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#74531effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#77827effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#80130cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#105388duration: none; effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#126112cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143428effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203024journal encounter: Nythendra; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different caster

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70338, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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