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Arcane Overload

Spell

Arcane Overload

Arcane

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Instant castSelf Only

Overload an area with arcane magic.

Arcane Overload

Tooltip

Overload an area with arcane magic.

Inflicts 20 Arcane damage to enemies in the area.

If no enemy is standing in the area, inflicts 20 Arcane damage to enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Arcane Overload is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 20) 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 20
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 44 separate Spell records named "Arcane Overload". This page is record #404667. 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
#90520school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#110004cast time: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, effect 164; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138715school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138716used by: Cast by Arcane Overload; effect values: 8.18 (this record: 20); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#388284school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#388288no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#388291school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#404634duration: 12 sec; effect types: Summon, effect 160A different effect setup
#404636used by: Cast by Arcane Overload; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#404651duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#404673no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#409022school: Physical; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; 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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