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Broadside

Spell

Broadside

Fire

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies of the impact, knocking them back.

Broadside

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies of the impact, knocking them back.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Broadside is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage 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

SchoolFire
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Broadside 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 30 separate Spell records named "Broadside". This page is record #278439. 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
#278441school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#278443school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#279577school: Physical; effect types: Knock BackA different effect setup
#279585school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#286409school: Physical; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#286437school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#287937school: Physical; cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288067school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288070school: Physical; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288077school: Physical; cast time: 1.6 sec; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288078school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#288209school: Physical; 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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