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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)
Tail Sweep

Spell

Tail Sweep

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts 925 to 1075 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 925 to 1075 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 925. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 150. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Sweep is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 925) in a 30 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
MechanicStunned
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 925
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 150
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 300
Radius: 30 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 23 separate Spell records named "Tail Sweep". This page is record #15847. 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
#25653difficulty rows: 10 Player; school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock BackA per-difficulty version
#38737no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#40077no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#50155no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#55696no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#55697no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#58690duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59283duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68867difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 PlayerA per-difficulty version
#71369difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 PlayerA per-difficulty version
#90074effect types: noneA different effect setup
#108589effect 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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