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Tentacle Slam

Spell

Tentacle Slam

Physical

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3 secThree Hundred Yards

Physical spell.

Tentacle Slam

How it works

Tentacle Slam is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 15 yards.

What it does

Tentacle Slam is a Physical spell with a 3 sec cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 200) in a 15 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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast time3 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 200
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 50
Misc value: 100
Radius: 15 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 31 separate Spell records named "Tentacle Slam". This page is record #271487. 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
#267364cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#267382cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#267385difficulty rows: Heroic; journal encounter: Vol'zith the Whisperer; school: Shadow; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#271491cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#271596cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#277249cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303831used by: Cast by Tentacle Slam; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#303832journal encounter: Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha; school: Shadow; cast time: 6 sec; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#304076school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#304077school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Area Aura (Party)A different effect setup
#304079used by: Cast by Tentacle Slam; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#304083school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 140A 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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