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Whirling Winds

Spell

Whirling Winds

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster hurls a rapidly spinning chakram at the location of a nearby enemy.

Whirling Winds

Tooltip

The caster hurls a rapidly spinning chakram at the location of a nearby enemy. The chakram creates a vortex that will pull nearby enemies in and inflict damage to those enemies who come in contact with it.

How it works

Whirling Winds is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Whirling Winds is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 8 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 2700
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 2701

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 Winds 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 12 separate Spell records named "Whirling Winds". This page is record #165513. 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
#54589duration: 90 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#77316duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#77321duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#77333used by: Cast by Whirling Winds; school: Nature; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#139166duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#139167school: Nature; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139172duration: none; effect types: effect 61A different effect setup
#158087effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#201117school: Nature; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon, Persistent Area Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201118school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#391380school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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