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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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2.5 secLong Range

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing shadow damage taken by 10% for 10 sec.

Shadow Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a bolt of dark magic at an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage and increasing shadow damage taken by 10% for 10 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Bolt costs 90 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 740. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 87. Its base value is 10.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 740) and applies an aura. It stacks up to 3 times.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration10 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks3
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 740
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 87
Value: 10
Misc value: 32

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 #32860. 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
#29487cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#29927cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30055cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30505used by: Cast by Dark Spin; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#30686cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31618cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31627cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32666cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#33335cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34344cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; 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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