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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

Fire

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Dark magic is unleashed, causing 1 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies.

Shadow Nova

Tooltip

Dark magic is unleashed, causing 1 Shadow damage and knocking back all enemies.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Shadow Nova is a Fire spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolFire
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 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 74 separate Spell records named "Shadow Nova". This page is record #45327. 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
#34725school: Frost; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36127school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38627school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39005school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40737school: Shadow; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#43088school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44984school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#45329school: Shadow; cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45332school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#45492school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51073used by: Cast by Shadow Barrage; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#52535school: Shadow; 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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