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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 Oil

Spell

Shadow Oil

Physical

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3 secSelf Only

When applied to a melee weapon it gives a 15% chance of casting Shadow Bolt (Rank 3) at the opponent when it hits.

Shadow Oil

Tooltip

When applied to a melee weapon it gives a 15% chance of casting Shadow Bolt (Rank 3) at the opponent when it hits. Lasts 30 minutes. Cannot be applied to items higher than level 165.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Enchant Item (Temporary) (effect type 54).

What it does

Shadow Oil is a spell with a 3 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies a temporary item enchantment.

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast time3 sec
Effect #1Enchant Item (Temporary) (54)
Misc value: 25

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 2 separate Spell records named "Shadow Oil". This page is record #3594. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#3449used by: Alchemy; effect types: Create ItemA different owner

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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