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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 1575 to 1925 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, interrupting spell casting for 2 sec.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 1575 to 1925 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, interrupting spell casting for 2 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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 1575. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Interrupt Cast (effect type 68). It applies the interrupted mechanic. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Sweep is a Physical spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 1575) in a 30 yard radius and interrupts spellcasting with the interrupted mechanic in a 30 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

SchoolPhysical
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1575
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Interrupt Cast (68)
Mechanic: Interrupted
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 #58690. 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
#15847duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25653difficulty rows: 10 Player; school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#38737duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40077duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50155duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55696duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#55697duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59283no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#68867difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#71369difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA 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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