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Burn

Spell

Burn

Fire

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Instant castCombat Range

Ignites a burning blaze, inflicting Fire damage periodically.

Burn

Tooltip

Ignites a burning blaze, inflicting Fire damage periodically.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 36.

What it does

Burn is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 5 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 36).

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 36

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 38 separate Spell records named "Burn". This page is record #145948. 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
#120027used by: Cast by Fire Tome; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#146006cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 0.01 (this record: 36); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#152999duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#153001duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#155200difficulty rows: Normal; journal encounter: The Blast Furnace; cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 11.66 (this record: 36); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#168605used by: Cast by Slash; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#177744used by: Cast by Burn; effect values: 17.68 (this record: 36); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#181889duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185156cast time: 2 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185157journal encounter: Hellfire Assault; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#197749cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#206680school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, effect 90; 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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