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Tidal Surge

Spell

Tidal Surge

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

Unleashes the power of the tides on nearby enemies, knocking them up in the air and encasing them in ice for 3 sec.

Tidal Surge

Tooltip

Unleashes the power of the tides on nearby enemies, knocking them up in the air and encasing them in ice for 3 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1663. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Tidal Surge is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 1663) in a 10 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70579. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1663
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Effect 77
Radius: 10 yards

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70579. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Tidal Surge 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 19 separate Spell records named "Tidal Surge". This page is record #38358. 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
#38353duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Knock Back, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#38357difficulty rows: 25 Player; used by: Cast by Tidal Surge; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#76133used by: Cast by Clear Tidal Surge; cast time: 3 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#76155duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#267977effect types: noneA different effect setup
#276039effect types: noneA different effect setup
#276042effect types: noneA different effect setup
#276047effect types: noneA different effect setup
#276068journal encounter: Hadal Darkfathom; effect types: noneA different caster
#279962effect types: noneA different effect setup
#280402effect types: noneA different effect setup
#280403used by: Cast by Tidal Surge; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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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