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Whirling Saber

Spell

Whirling Saber

Fire

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Instant castSuper Long

Noura throws a flaming sword towards a random player, inflicting 119.788 Fire damage upon landing.

Whirling Saber

Tooltip

Noura throws a flaming sword towards a random player, inflicting 119.788 Fire damage upon landing. The blade then begins to spin and return to Noura, inflicting 240.135 Fire damage every second to all nearby enemies as it moves.

How it works

Whirling Saber is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 80. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 223.902. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Whirling Saber is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 150 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it summons a creature and deals Fire damage (base value 223.902) in a 6 yard radius.

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

SchoolFire
Range150 yards (Super Long)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 123348, 64
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 80
Misc value: 120
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #3School Damage (2)
Value: 223.902
Radius: 6 yards

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 Saber 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 5 separate Spell records named "Whirling Saber". This page is record #245629. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#245627journal encounter: The Coven of Shivarra; cast time: 1.7 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different caster
#245630school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#245634difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA per-difficulty version
#246486school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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