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Tail Swipe

Spell

Tail Swipe

Physical

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0.8 sec1.5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts 79.9331 Physical damage to players behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Swipe

Tooltip

Inflicts 79.9331 Physical damage to players behind the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 15 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 79.9331. Its area radius is 25 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 25 yards.

What it does

Tail Swipe is a Physical spell with a 0.8 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 1.5 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 79.9331) in a 25 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 25 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time0.8 sec
Cooldown1.5 sec
Global cooldown15 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 1290
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 79.9331
Radius: 25 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 100
Radius: 25 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 12 separate Spell records named "Tail Swipe". This page is record #228787. 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
#35333cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43352cast time: instant; effect values: 5.09, 125 (this record: 79.93, 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#45017cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215618cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 350, 0 (this record: 79.93, 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#228786cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#307971cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#307974journal encounter: Wrathion, the Black Emperor; effect values: 80, 200 (this record: 79.93, 100); different tooltip textA different caster
#315872cast time: 1 sec; effect types: effect 165, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#368970subtext: Racial; used by: Evoker; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: effect 144, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#470723cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#470724used by: Cast by Tail Swipe; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 144A helper record another spell casts

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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