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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

Arcane

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals Arcane damage for each magical spell cast while afflicted with Unchained Magic.

Backlash

Tooltip

Deals Arcane damage for each magical spell cast while afflicted with Unchained Magic.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

What it does

Backlash is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 1).

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

SchoolArcane
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1

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 #69770. 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
#37537school: Physical; effect types: Weapon Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51439school: Fire; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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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