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The Burning CrusadeThe Burning Crusade 2.5.6 · Outland, the Dark Portal and Shattrath · client build 2.5.6.70006Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

Shadow

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2.2 secMedium Range

Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy causing 30 to 60 Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy causing 30 to 60 Shadow damage.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Bolt costs 40 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 30.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2.2 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 30).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Cost40 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2.2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 30

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. 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 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #14122. 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
#12471cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#12739cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#13440used by: Cast by GrimclawA helper record another spell casts
#13480no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#14106no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#15232cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15472cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#15537cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#16409used by: Cast by Runic DarkbladeA helper record another spell casts
#16783used by: Cast by Shadow BoltA helper record another spell casts
#16784used by: Cast by Shadow BoltA helper record another spell casts
#17393cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA 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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