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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 Swipe

Spell

Tail Swipe

Physical

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Instant castTen yards

Inflicts normal damage plus 50 to an enemy, knocking it back.

Tail Swipe

Tooltip

Inflicts normal damage plus 50 to an enemy, knocking it back.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 50.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 94.

What it does

Tail Swipe is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 10 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 50) and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 50
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 94
Misc value: 10

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 12 separate Spell records named "Tail Swipe". This page is record #45017. 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
#35333no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#43352effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#215618effect types: noneA different effect setup
#228786effect types: noneA different effect setup
#228787effect types: noneA different effect setup
#307971effect types: noneA different effect setup
#307974journal encounter: Wrathion, the Black Emperor; effect types: noneA different caster
#315872effect types: noneA different effect setup
#368970used by: Evoker; effect types: noneA different owner
#470723effect types: noneA different effect setup
#470724used by: Cast by Tail Swipe; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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