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Arcane Detonation

Spell

Arcane Detonation

Arcane

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Inflicts Arcane damage to targets struck.

Arcane Detonation

Tooltip

Inflicts Arcane damage to targets struck.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 3. Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Arcane Detonation is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 300 yards.

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 timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 3
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 100
Misc value: 150, 1
Radius: 3 yards

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 spell that casts it.

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 #378319. 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
#371615school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#371625cast time: 2 sec; effect types: effect 165, effect 144, effect 160A different effect setup
#372180used by: Cast by Arcane Detonation (DNT); school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#372182school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#372183school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#372184school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#372185school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#372186school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#378316school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#378317school: Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#384252school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#384261effect types: Instakill, 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.

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