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Shadow Burst

Spell

Shadow Burst

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castCombat Range

Let forth a burst of energy knocking all nearby enemies back, dealing 1754.09 Shadow damage and removing all threat.

Shadow Burst

Tooltip

Let forth a burst of energy knocking all nearby enemies back, dealing 1754.09 Shadow damage and removing all threat.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Burst costs 380 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1754.09. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Shadow Burst is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1754.09) in an 8 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in an 8 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Cost380 Mana
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1754.09
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 30
Misc value: 150
Radius: 8 yards

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Shadow Burst sounds

The sounds the game plays when Shadow Burst is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

DeathCoiltargetSoundKit 743

  1. Deathcoiltarget2.2s · ID 568670 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 33 separate Spell records named "Shadow Burst". This page is record #28447. 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
#32324effect types: noneA different effect setup
#34436effect types: noneA different effect setup
#53850effect types: noneA different effect setup
#53851effect types: noneA different effect setup
#139375effect types: noneA different effect setup
#182532effect types: noneA different effect setup
#203354used by: Cast by Call Shadowflames; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#204030effect types: noneA different effect setup
#204040journal encounter: Dragons of Nightmare; effect types: noneA different caster
#204044effect types: noneA different effect setup
#205171effect types: noneA different effect setup
#207642effect 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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