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Blast Wave

Spell

Blast Wave

Fire

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Instant castSelf Only

Unleashes a wave of flame, inflicting Fire damage to nearby enemies and reducing their movement speed for 6 sec.

Blast Wave

Tooltip

Unleashes a wave of flame, inflicting Fire damage to nearby enemies and reducing their movement speed for 6 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Blast Wave is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 147. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. It applies the snared mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Blast Wave is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 147) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura with the snared mechanic in a 10 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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 147
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Mechanic: Snared
Radius: 10 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?

Blast Wave appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

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 53 separate Spell records named "Blast Wave". This page is record #17277. 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
#15091no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#15744cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 8.5, -50 (this record: 147, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16046effect values: 297, -70 (this record: 147, -50)Different tuning
#20229duration: 8 sec; effect values: 12.58, -50 (this record: 147, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#22424effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#23039cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 277.5, -30 (this record: 147, -50)Different tuning
#23113effect values: 221.5, -50 (this record: 147, -50)Different tuning
#23331duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#25049effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#30092duration: 8 sec; effect values: 9.15, -50 (this record: 147, -50)Different tuning
#30600cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 9, -50 (this record: 147, -50)Different tuning
#33061effect values: 80.62, -70 (this record: 147, -50)Different tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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