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Whirling Blades

Spell

Whirling Blades

Physical

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

The caster throws out his weapons creating swirling areas of blades, inflicting 12.2648 Physical damage every 1 sec to any enemies in it.

Whirling Blades

Tooltip

The caster throws out his weapons creating swirling areas of blades, inflicting 12.2648 Physical damage every 1 sec to any enemies in it.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Whirling Blades is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 200 yards and effects that last 150 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration150 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 13263

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?

Whirling Blades 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 26 separate Spell records named "Whirling Blades". This page is record #273916. 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
#209378journal encounter: Talixae Flamewreath; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#273910cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#273911duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#273922duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#313160duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#313631duration: none; effect types: effect 165A different effect setup
#327270duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#327296cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Teleport; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#327336duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#343692duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#343698duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#417430duration: until cancelledA variant 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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