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Arcane Detonation

Spell

Arcane Detonation

Arcane

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Instant castSelf Only

Detonates with Arcane energy, dealin 48 to 52 damage and knocking back all targets within 8 yards.

Arcane Detonation

Tooltip

Detonates with Arcane energy, dealin 48 to 52 damage and knocking back all targets within 8 yards.

How it works

Arcane Detonation is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 48. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 180. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 144. Its base value is 999. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Arcane Detonation is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 48) in an 8 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in an 8 yard radius and applies an aura in an 8 yard radius.

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

SchoolArcane
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 48
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 180
Misc value: 240
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 144
Value: 999
Radius: 8 yards

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 38 separate Spell records named "Arcane Detonation". This page is record #68602. 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
#23722used by: Cast by Arcane Infused; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#159344effect types: noneA different effect setup
#159345effect types: noneA different effect setup
#181506effect types: noneA different effect setup
#232026effect types: noneA different effect setup
#232028used by: Cast by Arcane Detonation; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#241041effect types: noneA different effect setup
#291231used by: Cast by Wild Arcane Bombardment; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#300518journal encounter: Queen Azshara; effect types: noneA different caster
#300519effect types: noneA different effect setup
#358519effect types: noneA different effect setup
#371605effect 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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