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Orb of Destruction

Spell

Orb of Destruction

Shadow

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Instant cast1 min cooldown10-40

Send an Orb of Destruction to your target's location at least 10 yds away, dealing up to Shadow damage to all enemies after 4 sec.

Orb of Destruction

Tooltip

Send an Orb of Destruction to your target's location at least 10 yds away, dealing up to Shadow damage to all enemies after 4 sec. Targets closer to the impact take more damage.

How it works

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 10 sec after it is cast. It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). It triggers Orb of Destruction.

What it does

Orb of Destruction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 10-40 yards and a 1 min cooldown. When cast it launches a missile. It also casts Orb of Destruction (record #229700).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range10-40 yards (10-40)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 min
Category cooldown10 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Trigger spell: Orb of Destruction

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

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 12 separate Spell records named "Orb of Destruction". This page is record #225133. 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
#183498school: Fire; cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#183499used by: Cast by Orb of Destruction; school: Fire; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#188057school: Fire; duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#188061school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#205343school: Fire; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#205344difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; school: Fire; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205347difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; school: Fire; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205348difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Krosus; school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205361school: Fire; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#221107school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#229700used by: Cast by Orb of Destruction; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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