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Undertow

Spell

Undertow

Frost

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3 secSelf Only

Crush the ground, inflicting Frost damage to enemies.

Undertow

Tooltip

Crush the ground, inflicting Frost damage to enemies. and pulling them towards the caster.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 800. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 75. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Undertow is a Frost spell with a 3 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 800) in a 20 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 20 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

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 800
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 75
Misc value: -75
Radius: 20 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 26 separate Spell records named "Undertow". This page is record #182667. 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
#179381school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#179476school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#179480cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#179481school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#195284cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#195288used by: Cast by Undertow; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#195396used by: Cast by Undertow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#264144cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#264166journal encounter: Aqu'sirr; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different caster
#265366cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#268689school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: effect 90A different effect setup
#289487school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Trigger Spell; 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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