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Whirling Blade

Spell

Whirling Blade

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Throws a glaive at a targeted player, traveling back and forth from the position it was thrown.

Whirling Blade

Tooltip

Throws a glaive at a targeted player, traveling back and forth from the position it was thrown. The glaive inflicts 41.9817 Physical damage and knocks back any targets it touches.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.

What it does

Whirling Blade is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 5478

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 35 separate Spell records named "Whirling Blade". This page is record #198782. 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
#91295used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#121896cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#121897used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#121898used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#122083used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#124850duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#124851used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#127941cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Summon, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#127946duration: 8 sec; effect values: 3.4 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#127949used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#198641journal encounter: Lord Kur'talos Ravencrest; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#198781duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA 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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