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Tail Swipe

Spell

Tail Swipe

Physical

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0.8 secSelf Only

Inflicts 79.9969 Physical damage to players in a cone behind him, knocking them back.

Tail Swipe

Tooltip

Inflicts 79.9969 Physical damage to players in a cone behind him, knocking them back.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 6 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 80. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Swipe is a Physical spell with a 0.8 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 80) in a 30 yard radius 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time0.8 sec
Global cooldown6 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 1159
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 80
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 200
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Tail Swipe appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Tail Swipe". This page is record #307974. 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: 80, 200); 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: 80, 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#228786cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#228787effect values: 79.93, 100 (this record: 80, 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#307971cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#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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