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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 castAnywhere - Unlimited

Steps through shadows, dealing 7000 Shadow damage and teleporting behind the target.

Shadowstep

Tooltip

Steps through shadows, dealing 7000 Shadow damage and teleporting behind the target.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Shadowstep is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Teleport (effect type 252). Its area radius is 4 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3000.

What it does

Shadowstep is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it has a Teleport effect in a 4 yard radius and deals Shadow damage (base value 3000).

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 #1Teleport (252)
Radius: 4 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 3000

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 #72326. 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
#55965school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#55966school: Physical; effect types: TeleportA different effect setup
#63790school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#63793school: Physical; effect types: TeleportA different effect setup
#66178difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: Physical; effect types: Teleport; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#69087school: Physical; effect types: TeleportA different effect setup
#70431school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Teleport, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#77548effect types: noneA different effect setup
#78638effect types: noneA different effect setup
#79864effect types: noneA different effect setup
#80576effect types: noneA different effect setup
#83598effect types: noneA 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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