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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
Its dispel type is client id 1.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 27. Its area radius is 8 yards.
What it does
Wailing Arrow is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura in an 8 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the silenced mechanic.
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 |
| Duration | 5 sec |
| Mechanic | Silenced |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 27 Misc value: 127 Radius: 8 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.
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 #355596. 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; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different caster |
| #348055 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #348056 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #348064 | school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #354831 | duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Trigger Spell | A different effect setup |
| #355589 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | 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 | duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #357617 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #357618 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #392058 | used by: Cast by Wailing Arrow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #392060 | cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; 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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