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Arcane Missiles

Spell

Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castMedium Range

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage.

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 224. It scales with 0.2 times spell power.

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 224).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 224
Spell power coefficient: 0.2

Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Arcane Missiles appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #22273. 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
#15735duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15736different tooltip textA variant record
#15790duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15791no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#22272duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29955effect types: noneA different effect setup
#29956effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31742effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31743effect types: noneA different effect setup
#31751effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#33031effect types: noneA different effect setup
#33419effect 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.

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