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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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1.5 sec3 sec cooldownMedium Range

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls missiles of dark magic, inflicting Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3188. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 3 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 3188).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3188
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 #30055. 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
#29317cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#29487different 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 secA variant record
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30686cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31618cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#31627different tooltip textA variant record
#32666cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#32860cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33335cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy; 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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