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Arcane Orb

Spell

Arcane Orb

Arcane

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Absorbing the orb causes the victim to take 0.5 Arcane damage every 2 sec.

Arcane Orb

Tooltip

Absorbing the orb causes the victim to take 0.5 Arcane damage every 2 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 0.5 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 15 times over the full 30 sec (7.5 base in total).

What it does

Arcane Orb is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 0.5
Period: every 2 sec

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 #343424. 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
#298786school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#304974school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#342144used by: Cast by Arcane Orb; school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#342145school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#342147no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#342155duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#343418school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#343419used by: Cast by Arcane Orb; school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#343425duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#385970used by: Cast by Arcane Orbs; duration: 5 min; effect types: Create Area Effect, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#385981duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#386088used by: Cast by Arcane Fissure; duration: none; effect types: Energize, School Damage, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; 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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