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Arcane Orb

Spell

Arcane Orb

Arcane

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Instant castLong Range

Launches an Arcane Orb forward, inflicting Arcane damage to enemies it passes through.

Arcane Orb

Tooltip

Launches an Arcane Orb forward, inflicting Arcane damage to enemies it passes through.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Arcane Orb is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 9344

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 66 separate Spell records named "Arcane Orb". This page is record #232652. 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
#224671duration: none; effect types: Weapon % DamageA different effect setup
#224672cast time: 3 secA variant record
#225231used by: Cast by Arcane Projection; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 164A helper record another spell casts
#226763school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#226765used by: Cast by Arcane Orb; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#226768school: Physical; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#229004used by: Cast by Arcane Orb; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#229005school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232653cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#232654duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245991school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#246029school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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