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Alpha Beams

Spell

Alpha Beams

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 9750 to 10250 Shadow damage every 0.5 sec for 3 sec.

Alpha Beams

Tooltip

Inflicts 9750 to 10250 Shadow damage every 0.5 sec for 3 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. Its area radius is 6 yards. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 6 times over the full 3 sec. It triggers Alpha Beams.

What it does

Alpha Beams is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 6 yard radius every 0.5 sec. It also casts Alpha Beams (record #76956).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration3 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Radius: 6 yards
Period: every 0.5 sec
Trigger spell: Alpha Beams

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. 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 6 separate Spell records named "Alpha Beams". This page is record #76912. 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
#76184cast time: 3 sec; duration: 9 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#76904used by: Cast by Alpha Beams; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 140A helper record another spell casts
#76907used by: Cast by Alpha Beams; school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#76956used by: Cast by Alpha Beams; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#91205duration: until cancelled; different tooltip textA variant record

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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