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Cataclysm

Spell

Cataclysm

Nature

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Instant cast20 sec cooldownSelf Only

Deals 171 to 189 damage to all nearby Scourge.

Cataclysm

Tooltip

Deals 171 to 189 damage to all nearby Scourge.

How it works

Each cast of Cataclysm costs 5000 Mana. It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Cataclysm is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 18900.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 0, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 18900.
  3. Effect 3 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 171. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 18900. Its area radius is 30 yards.

What it does

Cataclysm is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 20 sec cooldown. When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 30 yard radius and deals Nature damage (base value 18900) in a 30 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

SchoolNature
Cost5000 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown20 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 18900
Effect #2Effect 0
Value: 18900
Effect #3Knock Back (98)
Value: 171
Misc value: 80
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #4School Damage (2)
Value: 18900
Radius: 30 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 21 separate Spell records named "Cataclysm". This page is record #50980. 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
#68707used by: Cast by Forcecast Cataclysm I; school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 61, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#68953used by: Cast by Cataclysm; school: Physical; effect types: Dummy, effect 61A helper record another spell casts
#80133school: Physical; effect types: Dummy, effect 61A different effect setup
#80134school: Physical; effect types: Dummy, effect 61A different effect setup
#100761school: Physical; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#102111school: Physical; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#106523difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); school: Fire; cast time: 1 min; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, effect 140; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#106527used by: Cast by Cataclysm; school: Fire; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#106538school: Fire; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#138564school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138565school: Fire; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 144, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#152108used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner

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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