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Tail Sweep

Spell

Tail Sweep

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts 42.8229 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 42.8229 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 School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 42.8229. 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 and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 42.8229) 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
MechanicStunned
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 42.8229
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 #68867. 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
#15847effect values: 15.05, 150 (this record: 42.82, 150)Different tuning
#25653school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#38737effect values: 10, 150 (this record: 42.82, 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#40077effect values: 24.53, 120 (this record: 42.82, 150)Different tuning
#50155effect values: 8, 112 (this record: 42.82, 150); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#55696effect values: 13.08, 150 (this record: 42.82, 150)Different tuning
#55697effect values: 10.47, 150 (this record: 42.82, 150)Different tuning
#58690duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59283duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71369effect values: 21.41, 75 (this record: 42.82, 150)Different tuning
#90074effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#108589duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock BackA 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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