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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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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1900. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Bolt is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1900).

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1900
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Bolt appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 300 separate Spell records named "Shadow Bolt". This page is record #40185. 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
#38378cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38386cast time: 3 secA variant record
#38628no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#38825no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#38892cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#39025cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#39026cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#39297cast time: 3 secA variant record
#39309difficulty rows: 25 Player; cast time: 2 secA per-difficulty version
#41069cast time: 3 secA variant record
#41280cast time: 2 secA variant record
#41957cast time: 2 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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