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Wailing Arrow

Spell

Wailing Arrow

Shadow

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Hunter

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Fire an enchanted arrow, dealing (1400% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to your target and an additional (700% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies of your target.

Wailing Arrow

Tooltip

Fire an enchanted arrow, dealing (1400% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to your target and an additional (700% of Attack Power) Shadow damage to all enemies of your target. Non-Player targets struck by a Wailing Arrow have their spellcasting interrupted and are silenced for 1 sec.

Grants Deathblow.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 27.

What it does

Wailing Arrow is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1 sec. When cast it applies an aura. 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

SchoolShadow
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 sec
MechanicSilenced
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 27
Misc value: 127

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 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Wailing Arrow". This page is record #392061. 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
#348056duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#348064school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#354831used by: Hunter; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different owner
#355589used by: Hunter; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different owner
#355596used by: Hunter; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA different owner
#355839school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#357616duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357617duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357618duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#392058duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School DamageA different effect setup
#392060cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#398388duration: 3 sec; effect types: Interrupt CastA 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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