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Optical Blast

Spell

Optical Blast

Physical

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Warlock

Instant cast1 sec cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

Blasts the enemy with lasers, dealing Shadow damage and silencing the enemy for 3 sec.

Optical Blast

Tooltip

Blasts the enemy with lasers, dealing Shadow damage and silencing the enemy for 3 sec.

If used on a casting target, it will counter the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 6 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 115781.

What it does

Optical Blast is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and a 1 sec cooldown.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 115781

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 11 separate Spell records named "Optical Blast". This page is record #119911. 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
#115781used by: Observer; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast, Trigger Spell, School Damage; different tooltip textA different owner
#173947effect types: noneA different effect setup
#173949used by: Cast by Optical Blast; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#173954effect types: noneA different effect setup
#174492effect types: noneA different effect setup
#174493used by: Cast by Optical Blast; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#174494effect types: noneA different effect setup
#174496effect types: noneA different effect setup
#174497used by: Cast by Optical Blast; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#174498effect 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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