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Dispel Magic

Spell

Dispel Magic

Arcane

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Mage

Instant cast8 sec cooldownMedium Range

Dispels a magic effect on the current foe.

Dispel Magic

Tooltip

Dispels a magic effect on the current foe.

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 Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 1. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Dispel Magic is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and an 8 sec cooldown. When cast it dispels effects.

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
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Dispel (38)
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 1

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 19 separate Spell records named "Dispel Magic". This page is record #16908. 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
#528used by: Talent: Priest; school: Holy; different tooltip textA different owner
#15090school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#17201school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#21076different tooltip textA variant record
#23859school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#27609subtext: Rank 2; school: Holy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43577effect types: noneA different effect setup
#63499journal encounter: Hodir; effect types: noneA different caster
#65546effect types: noneA different effect setup
#173127effect types: noneA different effect setup
#182887effect types: noneA different effect setup
#235101effect 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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