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Barrier Backfire

Spell

Barrier Backfire

FireShadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The Elder's Door is protected by a runic barrier that backfires when attacked by Zaqali forces, inflicting 75 Shadowflame damage to all players and an additional 1 Shadowflame damage every 0.5 sec...

Barrier Backfire

Tooltip

The Elder's Door is protected by a runic barrier that backfires when attacked by Zaqali forces, inflicting 75 Shadowflame damage to all players and an additional 1 Shadowflame damage every 0.5 sec for 2 min. This effect stacks.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Barrier Backfire is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1 per tick. Its area radius is 300 yards. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 240 times over the full 2 min (240 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25. Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Barrier Backfire is a Fire and Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 2 min. When cast it applies an aura in a 300 yard radius every 0.5 sec and deals Fire and Shadow damage (base value 25) in a 300 yard radius. It stacks up to 99 times.

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, Shadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 min
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1
Radius: 300 yards
Period: every 0.5 sec
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Radius: 300 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?

Barrier Backfire appears in: 1 boss encounter and 2 spells that cast it.

Boss encounters

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 3 separate Spell records named "Barrier Backfire". This page is record #404687. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#404585school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#410876duration: none; effect types: Dummy; 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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