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Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

Shadow

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

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

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 3 sec cast and an unlimited range.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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 #33335. 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
#29927cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30055cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#30686effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#31618effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#31627cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#32666cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#32860cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34344cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#36714cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#36868cast time: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36972cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; 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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