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Calamity

Spell

Calamity

Shadow

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Inflicts damage equal to 50% of all players' health.

Calamity

Tooltip

Inflicts damage equal to 50% of all players' health.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 200 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 165, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 200 yards.

What it does

Calamity is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 200 yards.

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

SchoolShadow
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 50
Radius: 200 yards
Effect #2Effect 165
Value: 50
Radius: 200 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 26 separate Spell records named "Calamity". This page is record #124845. 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
#93810used by: Cast by Calamity; duration: 30 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#93812duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143491school: Physical; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143493effect types: effect 165, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143544difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic), Mythic; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#241611school: Fire; cast time: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#356624difficulty rows: Heroic; journal encounter: Sylvanas Windrunner; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#356649effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#361682school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#361683used by: Cast by Calamity; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#361684used by: Cast by Calamity; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#361688school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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