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Tidal Waves

Spell

Tidal Waves

Physical

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Shaman

Instant castSelf Only

Casting Riptide grants 1 stacks of Tidal Waves.

Tidal Waves

Tooltip

Casting Riptide grants 1 stacks of Tidal Waves. Tidal Waves reduces the cast time of your next Healing Wave or Chain Heal by 20%.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Tidal Waves is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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 timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 1
Misc value: 7

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 Waves appears in: 3 talents.

Talents

  • Tidal Waves for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration)Talent
  • Tidal Waves for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #131783)Talent
  • Tidal Waves for Shaman (Elemental, Enhancement, Restoration) (definition #132033)Talent

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 "Tidal Waves". This page is record #51564. 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
#53390duration: 15 sec; effect values: -20 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#211991school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 15 (this record: 1)Different tuning
#231785subtext: Rank 2; school: Fire; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#412471duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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