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Tail Sweep

Spell

Tail Sweep

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts 800 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

Tail Sweep

Tooltip

Inflicts 800 damage on enemies in a cone behind the caster, knocking them back.

How it works

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 800. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 150. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Tail Sweep is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 800) in a 30 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
MechanicStunned
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 800
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 150
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 300
Radius: 30 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

Tail Sweep sounds

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

StrikeSoundKit 3217

  1. Strike1.1s · ID 569059 · spells
    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 23 separate Spell records named "Tail Sweep". This page is record #15847. 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
#25653no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#38737effect types: noneA different effect setup
#40077effect types: noneA different effect setup
#50155effect types: noneA different effect setup
#55696effect types: noneA different effect setup
#55697effect types: noneA different effect setup
#58690effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59283effect types: noneA different effect setup
#68867effect types: noneA different effect setup
#71369effect types: noneA different effect setup
#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.

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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