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Arcane Desolation

Spell

Arcane Desolation

Arcane

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Instant castTower 100

Releases a wave of magic, inflicting 12.8744 Arcane damage to all players and knocking them into the air.

Arcane Desolation

Tooltip

Releases a wave of magic, inflicting 12.8744 Arcane damage to all players and knocking them into the air.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 12.8744.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 200.

What it does

Arcane Desolation is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 12.8744) and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 12.8744
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 200

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 Desolation appears in: 1 boss encounter and 1 spell that casts it.

Boss encounters

  • Calamir in Broken Isles
    Journal section: Ancient Rage: Arcane
    Encounter creatures: CalamirRaid boss ability

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 4 separate Spell records named "Arcane Desolation". This page is record #217995. 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
#196807effect values: 8.4, 225 (this record: 12.87, 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#217986cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#218000effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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