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Arcane Orb

Spell

Arcane Orb

Arcane

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster fires an orb of Arcane energy at the location of an enemy.

Arcane Orb

Tooltip

The caster fires an orb of Arcane energy at the location of an enemy. When the orb lands it inflicts 55.9756 Arcane damage to all enemies of the impact, knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 55.9756. 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 Orb is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 55.9756) in a 3 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 55.9756
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 100
Misc value: 100, 150
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 Orb 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 66 separate Spell records named "Arcane Orb". This page is record #229004. 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
#215455school: Frost; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#215456used by: Cast by Replicate: Arcane Orb; school: Frost; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#224671effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#224672cast time: 3 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#225231used by: Cast by Arcane Projection; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164A helper record another spell casts
#226763school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#226765school: Physical; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#226768school: Physical; cast time: 0.8 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229005school: Fire; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232652duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232653cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232654effect types: Weapon % 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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