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Arcane Missiles

Spell

Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Instant castMedium Range

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage every 1 sec.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage every 1 sec. for 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 100.

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 100).

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 100

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #177178. 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
#166995duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#167002used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect values: 150 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#167675duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#167676used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#170666cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#170667used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect values: 75 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#171863duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171872used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect values: 200 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#172060cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172061used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect values: 75 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183075duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183076used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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