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Physical
Tooltip
Attacks nearby enemies in a whirlwind of steel that inflicts Physical damage.
What it does
Whirlwind is a spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 12 sec cooldown. It also casts Whirlwind (record #38619).
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 facts
SchoolPhysical
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown12 sec
RangeSelf Only
Spell ID38618Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | 2 sec |
| Cooldown | 12 sec |
| Category cooldown | 3 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Trigger Spell (64) Trigger spell: Whirlwind |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 254 separate Spell records named "Whirlwind". This page is record #38618. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #36981 | cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #36982 | used by: Cast by Whirlwind; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #37640 | cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #37641 | used by: Cast by Whirlwind; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #37704 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #38619 | used by: Cast by Whirlwind; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #39232 | cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #40236 | used by: Cast by Mighty Whirlwind; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #40653 | cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #40654 | used by: Cast by Whirlwind; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #41056 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #41057 | used by: Cast by Whirlwind; cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
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.