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Arcane Missiles

Spell

Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castVision 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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 66. 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 100 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 66).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Range100 yards (Vision Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 66
Spell power coefficient: 0.2

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. 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 #99283. 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
#58531different tooltip textA variant record
#61592cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61593different tooltip textA variant record
#76611cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76612difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#79869duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99282duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#109900different tooltip textA variant record
#109901school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139417duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139672duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#139678effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA 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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