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Whirling Blades

Spell

Whirling Blades

Physical

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Instant castMedium-Long

Surround the foe with whirling blades.

Whirling Blades

Tooltip

Surround the foe with whirling blades. Deals Physical damage to all nearby units.

How it works

Each cast of Whirling Blades costs 40 Energy. Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. Its area radius is 8 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec. It triggers Whirling Blades.

What it does

Whirling Blades is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 35 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura in an 8 yard radius every 1 sec. It also casts Whirling Blades (record #90396).

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
Cost40 Energy
Range35 yards (Medium-Long)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Radius: 8 yards
Period: every 1 sec
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 26 separate Spell records named "Whirling Blades". This page is record #90397. 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
#88133duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#88136used by: Cast by Whirling Blades; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#90396used by: Cast by Whirling Blades; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#90960no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#90962used by: Cast by Whirling Blades; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#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: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#273911duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#273916used by: Cast by Whirling Blades; duration: 150 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#273922duration: until cancelled; effect values: 12.26 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#313160duration: until cancelledA variant record
#313631duration: none; effect types: effect 165A 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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