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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 secLong Range

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Bolt costs 250 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 638. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 638).

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
Cost250 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 638
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 #24668. 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
#19729cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20298cast time: 3 secA variant record
#20791cast time: 3 secA variant record
#20807cast time: 3 secA variant record
#20816cast time: 3 secA variant record
#20825cast time: 3 secA variant record
#21077cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#22336no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#22677no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#26006cast time: 1 secA variant record
#29317cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 77A different effect setup
#29487cast time: 1.5 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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