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Burning Tar

Spell

Burning Tar

Fire

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Instant cast3 sec cooldownVision Range (AOI)

Hurls a bomb of burning tar that explodes at a random enemy's destination, inflicting 10.1258 Fire damage to nearby enemies on impact and an additional 10 Fire damage to enemies that remain within...

Burning Tar

Tooltip

Hurls a bomb of burning tar that explodes at a random enemy's destination, inflicting 10.1258 Fire damage to nearby enemies on impact and an additional 10 Fire damage to enemies that remain within the pool.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 10.1258. Its area radius is 2 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Burning Tar is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards, a 3 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 10.1258) in a 2 yard radius and has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration10 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 10.1258
Radius: 2 yards
Effect #2Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 11964

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?

Burning Tar 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 14 separate Spell records named "Burning Tar". This page is record #256660. 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
#14797duration: 21 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School DamageA different effect setup
#62290used by: Cast by Blaze; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#111736school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#254932school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#254933duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#254934effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#254944school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256640duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#256641duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#256663duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#358947journal encounter: Timecap'n Hooktail; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#358951used by: Cast by Grapeshot; school: Physical; duration: 90 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts

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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