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Overheat

Spell

Overheat

Fire

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2 secMedium Range

Burns an enemy for 50 Fire damage, then inflicts 50 Fire damage every 3 sec.

Overheat

Tooltip

Burns an enemy for 50 Fire damage, then inflicts 50 Fire damage every 3 sec. for 9 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Overheat costs 95 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Overheat is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 50 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (150 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 50. It scales with 0.3 times spell power.

What it does

Overheat is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec and deals Fire damage (base value 50).

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

SchoolFire
Cost95 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration9 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 50
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 50
Spell power coefficient: 0.3

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 "Overheat". This page is record #86633. 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
#69487school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69488used by: Cast by Overheat; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#218228effect types: noneA different effect setup
#218229used by: Cast by Overheat; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#412636effect 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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