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Tail Sweep

Spell

Tail Sweep

Physical

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Instant cast3 sec cooldownMedium Range

Inflicts 8 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 8 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 8. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 150. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Sweep is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and a 3 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 8) in a 30 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

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
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
MechanicStunned
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 8
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 150
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 #370073. 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
#68867effect values: 42.82, 150 (this record: 8, 150)Different tuning
#71369effect values: 21.41, 75 (this record: 8, 150)Different tuning
#90074effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#108589duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#176463duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201354journal encounter: Shivermaw; effect values: 33.59, 150 (this record: 8, 150); different tooltip textA different caster
#243409duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#243410effect types: effect 144; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#243411school: Nature; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#336910cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 25, 200 (this record: 8, 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#392304cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#392306effect types: DummyA 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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