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Tail Swipe

Spell

Tail Swipe

Physical

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Instant cast16 sec cooldown10 Yards - Melee

Physical spell.

Tail Swipe

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 3 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Tail Swipe.

What it does

Tail Swipe is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and a 16 sec cooldown. It also casts Tail Swipe (record #470724).

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
Range10 yards (10 Yards - Melee)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown16 sec
Category cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Trigger Spell (64)
Misc value: 900
Trigger spell: Tail Swipe

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 #470723. 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
#35333effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43352effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45017effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215618cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#228786effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#228787cast time: 0.8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307971effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#307974journal encounter: Wrathion, the Black Emperor; cast time: 0.8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; 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; duration: 4 sec; effect types: effect 144, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#470724used by: Cast by Tail Swipe; 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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