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Arcane Orb

Spell

Arcane Orb

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castLong Range

Launches an Arcane Orb forward from your position, traveling up to 40 yds, dealing (243.2% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to enemies it passes through.

Arcane Orb

Tooltip

Launches an Arcane Orb forward from your position, traveling up to 40 yds, dealing (243.2% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to enemies it passes through.

Grants 1 Arcane Charge when cast and every time it deals damage.

How it works

It works on charges (charge category 2045); the charge count and recharge time live in a client table the datamine does not carry, so they are not stated here. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Arcane Orb is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 100.
  2. Effect 2 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 1.
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its base value is 100.

What it does

Arcane Orb is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 2.5 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect and restores a resource (base value 1).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
ChargesCharge category id 2045 (charge count not in the datamine)
Duration2.5 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 100
Misc value: 1612
Effect #2Energize (30)
Value: 1
Misc value: 16
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Value: 100
Misc value: 34990

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 Orb appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Arcane Orb for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent
  • Arcane Orb (2 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 66 separate Spell records named "Arcane Orb". This page is record #153626. 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
#153640duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Energize, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#167018cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#170040duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#170077duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#180818duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#180819school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#188737school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 139, Quest Complete, effect 139, effect 139A different effect setup
#204236duration: none; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#204238cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#209852duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#209853cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213316used by: Cast by Arcane Orb; school: Frost; duration: 150 sec; effect types: SummonA 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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