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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 Nova

Spell

Shadow Nova

Shadow

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1.5 secSelf Only

Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Shadow Nova

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Nova costs 95 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Shadow Nova is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
Cost95 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1.5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dummy (3)

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 74 separate Spell records named "Shadow Nova". This page is record #43088. 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
#34256cast time: instant; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#34725school: Frost; cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#36127effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38627cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39005effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40737cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44984school: Physical; cast time: instantA variant record
#45327school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45329cast time: 3.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45332cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#45492cast time: instantA variant record
#51073used by: Cast by Shadow Barrage; cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts

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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