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Blast Wave

Spell

Blast Wave

Fire

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts 12.5768 Fire damage to nearby enemies and reduces their movement speed by 50% for 8 sec.

Blast Wave

Tooltip

Inflicts 12.5768 Fire damage to nearby enemies and reduces their movement speed by 50% for 8 sec.

How it works

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 12.5768. 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. 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 8 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 12.5768) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura 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
Duration8 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 12.5768
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 53 separate Spell records named "Blast Wave". This page is record #20229. 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
#15091duration: 6 sec; effect values: 147, -50 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15744cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 8.5, -50 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16046duration: 6 sec; effect values: 297, -70 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17277used by: Cast by Flaming Leap; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 147, -50 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#22424duration: 6 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#23039cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 277.5, -30 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23113duration: 6 sec; effect values: 221.5, -50 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23331effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25049duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30092effect values: 9.15, -50 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30600cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 9, -50 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#33061duration: 6 sec; effect values: 80.62, -70 (this record: 12.58, -50); different tooltip textDifferent 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 1.60.1.70450, 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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