Skip to content
Arcane Blast

Spell

Arcane Blast

Arcane

Advertisement

Mage

2.2 secLong Range

Blasts the target with energy, dealing (148.7% of Spell Power) Arcane damage.

Arcane Blast

Tooltip

Blasts the target with energy, dealing (148.7% of Spell Power) Arcane damage.

Each Arcane Charge increases damage by 60% and mana cost by 100%, and reduces cast time by 8%.

Generates 1 Arcane Charges.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 1.487 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 1.

What it does

Arcane Blast is an Arcane spell with a 2.2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage and restores a resource (base value 1).

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

SchoolArcane
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2.2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 1.487
Chain targets: 1
Effect #2Energize (30)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Arcane Blast appears in: 1 class specialization.

Class specialization

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

  • Effect: Spell power coefficient changed from 1.239 to 1.487 (patch 12.1.0)

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 100 separate Spell records named "Arcane Blast". This page is record #30451. 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
#22893cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#22920cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#24857cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31457cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32935cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34793cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35314cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35927cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37126cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38342cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#38344cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38538cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Arcane Blast at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)