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Shadow Storm

Spell

Shadow Storm

Shadow

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Instant castLonger Range

Throws shadowbolts at any enemies between 25 and 45 feet

Shadow Storm

Tooltip

Throws shadowbolts at any enemies between 25 and 45 feet

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 4385.23. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 45 yards.

What it does

Shadow Storm is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 45 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 4385.23) in a 45 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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 4385.23
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 45 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 Storm sounds

The sounds the game plays when Shadow Storm 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

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

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

MissileShadowLoopSoundKit 3015

  1. Shadowmissileloop4.0s · ID 569778 · 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 27 separate Spell records named "Shadow Storm". This page is record #26555. 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
#14297effect values: 2923.49 (this record: 4385.23)Different tuning
#26546used by: Cast by Periodic Shadow Storm; effect values: 2923.49 (this record: 4385.23)A helper record another spell casts
#51738effect types: noneA different effect setup
#87989used by: Cast by Shadow Storm; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#87990effect types: noneA different effect setup
#87991used by: Cast by Shadow Storm; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#119964used by: Cast by Shadow Storm; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#119965effect types: noneA different effect setup
#119971effect types: noneA different effect setup
#119973used by: Cast by Shadow Storm; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#119984used by: Cast by Shadow Storm; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#185130effect 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

Comments

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