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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Backlash

Spell

Backlash

Physical

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Instant castTen yards

Inflicts normal damage plus 30 to an enemy and knocks it back.

Backlash

Tooltip

Inflicts normal damage plus 30 to an enemy and knocks it back.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon Damage (effect type 58). Its base value is 30. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 87.

What it does

Backlash is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 10 yards. When cast it deals weapon damage (base value 30) and has a Knock Back effect.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon Damage (58)
Value: 30
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 87
Misc value: 150

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 13 separate Spell records named "Backlash". This page is record #37537. 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
#51439school: Fire; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69770difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: Arcane; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#87751effect types: noneA different effect setup
#225778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#229528effect types: noneA different effect setup
#247778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#247816effect types: noneA different effect setup
#387384used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner
#387385used by: Cast by Backlash; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#1245624effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1266001journal encounter: L'ura; effect types: noneA different caster
#1266002effect types: noneA 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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