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Arcane Detonation

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Arcane Detonation

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2.5 secThree Hundred Yards

Azshara rises into the air and sends a bolt of intense magic into the ground that inflicts 70 Arcane damage to all players within line of sight of the detonation.

Arcane Detonation

Tooltip

Azshara rises into the air and sends a bolt of intense magic into the ground that inflicts 70 Arcane damage to all players within line of sight of the detonation.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 70. Its area radius is 300 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Arcane Detonation is an Arcane spell with a 2.5 sec cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 70) in a 300 yard radius.

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 70
Radius: 300 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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

Boss encounters

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 38 separate Spell records named "Arcane Detonation". This page is record #300518. 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
#232026cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232028used by: Cast by Arcane Detonation; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#241041cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#291231used by: Cast by Wild Arcane Bombardment; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165A helper record another spell casts
#300519difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#358519effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#371605school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#371609school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#371610used by: Cast by Arcane Detonation; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#371614school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#371615school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#371625cast time: 2 sec; effect types: effect 165, effect 144, effect 160; 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.

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