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Cannon

Spell

Cannon

Physical

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Instant castSuper Long

Fires a cannon blast, dealing up to 44.6416 damage and 1300 siege damage to nearby structures.

Cannon

Tooltip

Fires a cannon blast, dealing up to 44.6416 damage and 1300 siege damage to nearby structures.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 2.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 44.6416. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 87, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 1300. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Cannon is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 150 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 44.6416) in a 20 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

SchoolPhysical
Range150 yards (Super Long)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Dispel typeDispel type id 2
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 44.6416
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #2Effect 87
Value: 1300
Radius: 10 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 25 separate Spell records named "Cannon". This page is record #51383. 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
#24933effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#27766effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34154effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34155effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39692effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51422used by: Cast by Fire Cannon; school: Fire; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#57610used by: Cast by Fire Cannon; school: Fire; effect types: effect 165, effect 87A helper record another spell casts
#62357used by: Cast by Fire Cannon; effect types: School Damage, effect 87, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#62397used by: Cast by Flame Cannon; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 87; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#62636school: Fire; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#67458used by: Cast by Fire Cannon; school: Fire; effect types: effect 165, effect 87; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#88891used by: Cast by Fire Cannon; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA 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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