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Spell
Arcane Intellect
Arcane
MageInfuses the target with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 3% for 60 min.
Tooltip
Infuses the target with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by 3% for 60 min.
If the target is in your party or raid, all party and raid members will be affected.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.
Arcane Intellect is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 137. Its base value is 3. Its area radius is 100 yards.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its area radius is 100 yards.
- Effect 3 is effect type 203, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 100 yards. It triggers Arcane Intellect Highlight.
What it does
Arcane Intellect is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 1 hr. When cast it applies an aura in a 100 yard radius. It also casts Arcane Intellect Highlight.
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
| School | Arcane |
|---|---|
| Range | 40 yards (Long Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 1 hr |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 137 Value: 3 Misc value: 8 Radius: 100 yards |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 79 Radius: 100 yards |
| Effect #3 | Effect 203 Radius: 100 yards Trigger spell: Arcane Intellect Highlight |
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 Intellect appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Mage (Mage), learned automaticallySkill line
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: Effect type updated (patch 12.1.5)
Related
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Arcane Intellect". This page is record #1459. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #13326 | school: Nature; duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #36880 | duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #45525 | school: Nature; duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #129171 | school: Nature; duration: 30 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #266499 | cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 77, Dummy; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #367803 | school: Holy; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #432778 | effect types: Apply Aura | A 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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