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World of Warcraft: Combat Log - Events & Strings

An overview of World of Warcraft 1.12.1 (Vanilla) combat log events and the related global strings they can produce. The goal of this list is to identify which strings can be fired by which event as accurate as possible. Some events might overlap with other strings, and some strings might be used across several events, which is why there are clusters.

The list might be incomplete and faulty. If you came here and found mistakes, please let me know or send a PR.

Damage

Hit Damage

Hit Damage (self vs. other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_SELF_HITS
  • Strings:

    • COMBATHITSELFOTHER
    • COMBATHITSCHOOLSELFOTHER
    • COMBATHITCRITSELFOTHER
    • COMBATHITCRITSCHOOLSELFOTHER

Hit Damage (other vs. self)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_CREATURE_VS_SELF_HITS
  • Strings:

    • COMBATHITOTHERSELF
    • COMBATHITCRITOTHERSELF
    • COMBATHITSCHOOLOTHERSELF
    • COMBATHITCRITSCHOOLOTHERSELF

Hit Damage (other vs. other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_PARTY_HITS
    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_FRIENDLYPLAYER_HITS
    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_HOSTILEPLAYER_HITS
    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_CREATURE_VS_CREATURE_HITS
    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_CREATURE_VS_PARTY_HITS
    • CHAT_MSG_COMBAT_PET_HITS
  • Strings:

    • COMBATHITOTHEROTHER
    • COMBATHITCRITOTHEROTHER
    • COMBATHITSCHOOLOTHEROTHER
    • COMBATHITCRITSCHOOLOTHEROTHER

Spell Damage

Spell Damage (self vs. self/other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_SELF_DAMAGE
  • Strings:

    • SPELLLOGSCHOOLSELFSELF
    • SPELLLOGCRITSCHOOLSELFSELF
    • SPELLLOGSELFSELF
    • SPELLLOGCRITSELFSELF
    • SPELLLOGSCHOOLSELFOTHER
    • SPELLLOGCRITSCHOOLSELFOTHER
    • SPELLLOGSELFOTHER
    • SPELLLOGCRITSELFOTHER

Spell Damage (other vs. self)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_CREATURE_VS_SELF_DAMAGE
  • Strings:

    • SPELLLOGSCHOOLOTHERSELF
    • SPELLLOGCRITSCHOOLOTHERSELF
    • SPELLLOGOTHERSELF
    • SPELLLOGCRITOTHERSELF

Spell Damage (other vs. other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PARTY_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_FRIENDLYPLAYER_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_HOSTILEPLAYER_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_CREATURE_VS_CREATURE_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_CREATURE_VS_PARTY_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PET_DAMAGE
  • Strings:

    • SPELLLOGSCHOOLOTHEROTHER
    • SPELLLOGCRITSCHOOLOTHEROTHER
    • SPELLLOGOTHEROTHER
    • SPELLLOGCRITOTHEROTHER

Shield Damage

Shield Damage (self vs. other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_DAMAGESHIELDS_ON_SELF
  • Strings:

    • DAMAGESHIELDSELFOTHER

Shield Damage (other vs. self/other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_DAMAGESHIELDS_ON_OTHERS
  • Strings:

    • DAMAGESHIELDOTHERSELF
    • DAMAGESHIELDOTHEROTHER

Periodic Damage

Periodic Damage (self/other vs. other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_PARTY_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_HOSTILEPLAYER_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_FRIENDLYPLAYER_DAMAGE
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_CREATURE_DAMAGE
  • Strings:

    • PERIODICAURADAMAGEOTHEROTHER
    • PERIODICAURADAMAGESELFOTHER

Periodic Damage (self/other vs. self)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_SELF_DAMAGE
  • Strings:

    • PERIODICAURADAMAGEOTHERSELF
    • PERIODICAURADAMAGESELFSELF

Heal

Heal

Heal (self vs. self/other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_SELF_BUFF
  • Strings:

    • HEALEDCRITSELFSELF
    • HEALEDSELFSELF
    • HEALEDCRITSELFOTHER
    • HEALEDSELFOTHER

Heal (other vs. self/other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_FRIENDLYPLAYER_BUFF
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_HOSTILEPLAYER_BUFF
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PARTY_BUFF
  • Strings:

    • HEALEDCRITOTHEROTHER
    • HEALEDOTHEROTHER
    • HEALEDCRITOTHERSELF
    • HEALEDOTHERSELF

Periodic Heal

Periodic Heal (self/other vs. other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_PARTY_BUFFS
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_FRIENDLYPLAYER_BUFFS
    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_HOSTILEPLAYER_BUFFS
  • Strings:

    • PERIODICAURAHEALOTHEROTHER
    • PERIODICAURAHEALSELFOTHER

Periodic Heal (other vs. self/other)

  • Events:

    • CHAT_MSG_SPELL_PERIODIC_SELF_BUFFS
  • Strings:

    • PERIODICAURAHEALSELFSELF
    • PERIODICAURAHEALOTHERSELF