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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)
Shadowstep

Spell

Shadowstep

Shadow

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Instant castExtended Range

Attempts to step through the shadows and reappear behind your enemy.

Shadowstep

Tooltip

Attempts to step through the shadows and reappear behind your enemy.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Teleport (effect type 252). Its area radius is 2 yards.

What it does

Shadowstep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it has a Teleport effect in a 2 yard radius.

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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Teleport (252)
Radius: 2 yards

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 116 separate Spell records named "Shadowstep". This page is record #45273. 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
#36554school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36563used by: Cast by Shadowstep; school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#41176duration: 1 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46463duration: 1 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55965school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#55966school: PhysicalA variant record
#63790school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#63793school: PhysicalA variant record
#66178difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: PhysicalA per-difficulty version
#69087school: PhysicalA variant record
#70431school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#72326difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; effect types: Teleport, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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