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Burning Winds

Spell

Burning Winds

Fire

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1 secMedium Range

Stuns an enemy and inflicts 8 Fire damage every 1 sec for 3 sec.

Burning Winds

Tooltip

Stuns an enemy and inflicts 8 Fire damage every 1 sec for 3 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 3 times over the full 3 sec (24 base in total).

What it does

Burning Winds is a Fire spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1 sec
Duration3 sec
MechanicStunned
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8
Period: every 1 sec

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 10 separate Spell records named "Burning Winds". This page is record #17293. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#46308cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#57562used by: Cast by Cyclone Aura; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#131524cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 50, 88 (this record: 0, 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#136261cast time: instant; duration: 40 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#246195cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#246196cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#246197used by: Cast by Burning Winds; cast time: instant; duration: 90 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#246198cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#246199difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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