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Backdraft

Spell

Backdraft

Fire

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4 secVision Range (AOI)

Emberdawn unleashes a blast of fire from her body, inflicting 25 Fire damage to all players and knocking them back.

Backdraft

Tooltip

Emberdawn unleashes a blast of fire from her body, inflicting 25 Fire damage to all players and knocking them back.

Additionally, all are knocked away from Emberdawn.

How it works

Backdraft is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 60 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 125. Its area radius is 60 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).
  4. Effect 4 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Backdraft is a Fire spell with a 4 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1.5 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 25) in a 60 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 60 yard radius and 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

SchoolFire
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time4 sec
Duration1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 60 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 125
Misc value: 250
Radius: 60 yards
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Effect #4Dummy (3)
Radius: 100 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 17 separate Spell records named "Backdraft". This page is record #465910. 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
#137188school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#151501used by: Cast by Backdraft; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#152208cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 160; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#169129journal encounter: Skulloc; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#169131cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#169132cast time: 5 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196406used by: Talent: Warlock; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#295419school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#322908journal encounter: Devos, Paragon of Doubt; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#344801school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#377014school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#467249cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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