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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)
Shadow Bolt

Spell

Shadow Bolt

Shadow

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1 secLonger 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 90 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3600. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 1 sec cast and a range of 45 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 3600).

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

SchoolShadow
Cost90 Mana
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time1 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3600
Spell power coefficient: 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 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #26006. 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
#21077cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#22336cast time: 2 secA variant record
#22677cast time: 2 secA variant record
#24668cast time: 2 secA variant record
#29317no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#29487cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29626cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29640used by: Cast by Shadow Bolt; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29927cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30055cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30686cast time: 3 secA 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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