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Whirling Blade

Spell

Whirling Blade

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

The caster teleports behind the target and strikes in a whirl of blades, inflicting 200 Physical damage to enemies.

Whirling Blade

Tooltip

The caster teleports behind the target and strikes in a whirl of blades, inflicting 200 Physical damage to enemies.

How it works

Each cast of Whirling Blade costs 20 Energy.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 2.5 yards. It triggers Whirling Blades.

What it does

Whirling Blade is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. It also casts Whirling Blades.

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
Cost20 Energy
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 2.5 yards
Trigger spell: Whirling Blades

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 #338875. 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
#336995different tooltip textA variant record
#336996cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#337000used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#337005duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#337037effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#338953duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#338956duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#338957cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#338958no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#339052duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#339053used by: Cast by Whirling Blade; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#339054no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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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