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Tidal Force

Spell

Tidal Force

Physical

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1.8 secSelf Only

Inflicts Physical damage to all enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

Tidal Force

Tooltip

Inflicts Physical damage to all enemies in a cone in front of the caster.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 250. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Tidal Force is a Physical spell with a 1.8 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 250) in a 10 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 time1.8 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 250
Radius: 10 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 14 separate Spell records named "Tidal Force". This page is record #220628. 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
#137715used by: Cast by Tidal Force; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#137716school: Frost; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#137717cast time: instant; duration: 16 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#137718used by: Cast by Nuclear Inferno; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#138688difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic), Looking For Raid; school: Frost; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#138689cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#140863school: Frost; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#220636school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 149, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#220638used by: Cast by Tidal Force; school: Nature; cast time: instant; effect values: 0 (this record: 250); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#246729cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277044school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 149, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277045used by: Cast by Tidal Force; school: Nature; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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