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Spell
Wailing Arrow
Shadow
HunterFire an enchanted arrow, dealing (277.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to your target and an additional (112.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies of your target.
Tooltip
Fire an enchanted arrow, dealing (277.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to your target and an additional (112.5% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies of your target. Targets struck by a Wailing Arrow are silenced for 5 sec.
How it works
Wailing Arrow is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 2.775 times attack power.
- Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 1.125 times attack power. Its area radius is 8 yards.
- Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It scales with 1.85 times attack power. It triggers Wailing Arrow.
What it does
Wailing Arrow is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage and deals Shadow damage in an 8 yard radius. It also casts Wailing Arrow (record #355596).
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 100 yards (Vision Range (AOI)) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Effect #1 | School Damage (2) Attack power coefficient: 2.775 |
| Effect #2 | School Damage (2) Attack power coefficient: 1.125 Radius: 8 yards |
| Effect #3 | Trigger Spell (64) Attack power coefficient: 1.85 Trigger spell: Wailing Arrow |
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?
Wailing Arrow appears in: 1 skill line and 1 spell that casts it.
Skill lines
- HunterSkill line
Spells that cast it
- Wailing ArrowTriggers this spell
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Wailing Arrow". This page is record #354831. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #347609 | journal encounter: Sylvanas Windrunner; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different caster |
| #348055 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #348056 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #348064 | school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #355589 | cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #355596 | duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #355839 | school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock Back | A different effect setup |
| #357616 | effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #357617 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #357618 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #392058 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #392060 | cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A 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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