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Tank Buster

Spell

Tank Buster

Physical

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1.5 secVision Range (AOI)

The Geargrinder slams into its current target, inflicting 150 Physical damage, knocking them back and causing them to bleed for 8 Physical damage every 1.5 sec for 25 sec.

Tank Buster

Tooltip

The Geargrinder slams into its current target, inflicting 150 Physical damage, knocking them back and causing them to bleed for 8 Physical damage every 1.5 sec for 25 sec. In addition, the target suffers 200% increased damage taken for 25 sec. This effect stacks.

The exertion causes the Geargrinder to expel a cloud of and leak an that lasts for 5 min.

How it works

Tank Buster is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 150. It applies the infected mechanic.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 125. It applies the knockbacked mechanic.

What it does

Tank Buster is a Physical spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 150) with the infected mechanic and has a Knock Back effect with the knockbacked 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 150
Mechanic: Infected
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 125
Misc value: 175
Mechanic: Knockbacked

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?

Tank Buster 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 5 separate Spell records named "Tank Buster". This page is record #459627. 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
#74307cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#74749cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#465865cast time: instant; duration: 25 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#474061cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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