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Acquiring Target

Spell

Acquiring Target

Fire

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Acquiring a target.

Acquiring Target

Tooltip

Acquiring a target. After 4 sec Magmatron will begin to channel his Flamethrower on the target, inflicting 20475 to 21525 Fire damage every 1 sec to all enemies in front of him for 4 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 4 sec. It triggers Flamethrower.

What it does

Acquiring Target is a Fire spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 4 sec. It also casts Flamethrower.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 4 sec
Trigger spell: Flamethrower

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70268. 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 4 separate Spell records named "Acquiring Target". This page is record #79501. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#79499school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#88492school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229241used by: Cast by Command: Fel Beam; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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