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Tidal Burst

Spell

Tidal Burst

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

A jet of water erupts from the ground, inflicting damage and a knockback.

Tidal Burst

Tooltip

A jet of water erupts from the ground, inflicting damage and a knockback.

How it works

Tidal Burst 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 4 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 4 yards.

What it does

Tidal Burst is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 200) in a 4 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 4 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

SchoolNature
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 200
Radius: 4 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 10
Radius: 4 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?

Tidal Burst appears in: 3 spells that cast it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Tidal Burst". This page is record #224697. 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
#39878journal encounter: High Warlord Naj'entus; school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#224695cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224696effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224699effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224700effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#286998school: Frost; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#305011cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 300, 50 (this record: 200, 100)Different tuning
#356225school: Frost; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#356260school: Frost; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#397889school: Frost; cast time: 3.5 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#1244650school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1244655school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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