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Undertow

Spell

Undertow

Frost

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2 secTower 100

Channels dark waters into a player, inflicting 8.09479 Frost damage every 1 sec for 6 sec, pushing them back.

Undertow

Tooltip

Channels dark waters into a player, inflicting 8.09479 Frost damage every 1 sec for 6 sec, pushing them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8.0948 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 6 times over the full 6 sec (48.57 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Undertow is a Frost spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast time2 sec
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8.0948
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 12882

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?

Undertow appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 26 separate Spell records named "Undertow". This page is record #264166. 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
#182667cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#195284duration: 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; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#264144no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#265366no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#268689school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 90A different effect setup
#289487school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#289490used by: Cast by Undertow; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#299777cast time: 3 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#299805cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#299900cast time: 3 sec; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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