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Shadow Shot

Spell

Shadow Shot

Shadow

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Instant cast6 sec cooldownGeoff Monster Shoot

Shoots an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

Shadow Shot

Tooltip

Shoots an enemy, inflicting Shadow damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 192.95. It scales with 0.429 times spell power.

What it does

Shadow Shot is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 5-30 yards and a 6 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 192.95).

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
Range5-30 yards (Geoff Monster Shoot)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 192.95
Spell power coefficient: 0.429

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 Shot sounds

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

CrippleSoundKit 2617

  1. Cripple2.0s · ID 569189 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

MissileIceLoopSoundKit 3013

  1. Icemissileloop4.0s · ID 569781 · spells/missile
    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 8 separate Spell records named "Shadow Shot". This page is record #17171. 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
#18649effect values: 578.85 (this record: 192.95)Different tuning
#29632school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29641used by: Cast by Shadow Shot; cast time: instant; effect values: 26 (this record: 192.95); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#237630journal encounter: Sisters of the Moon; effect types: noneA different caster
#258212effect types: noneA different effect setup
#261998effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1226949effect 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 sighted1 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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