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Tail Sweep

Spell

Tail Sweep

Fire

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Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts 5.58135 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 5.58135 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

Tail Sweep is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5.5814 per tick. Its area radius is 30 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (27.91 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Sweep is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 30 yard radius every 3 sec and has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius.

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

SchoolFire
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5.5814
Radius: 30 yards
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 300
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 23 separate Spell records named "Tail Sweep". This page is record #25653. 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
#15847school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#38737school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40077school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#50155school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55696school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#55697school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#58690school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59283school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68867school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#71369school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#90074school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#108589school: Physical; effect values: 16.98, 50 (this record: 5.58, 50)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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, 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
Listed asCopy of Tail Sweep
Effect rows sighted2 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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