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Cannon

Spell

Cannon

Fire

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Instant castSuper Long

Fires a cannon blast, dealing up to Fire damage and 4500 siege damage to nearby structures.

Cannon

Tooltip

Fires a cannon blast, dealing up to Fire damage and 4500 siege damage to nearby structures.

How it works

Cannon 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 45. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 87, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 4500. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Cannon is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 150 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

SchoolFire
Range150 yards (Super Long)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1Effect 165
Value: 45
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #2Effect 87
Value: 4500
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Cannon 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 25 separate Spell records named "Cannon". This page is record #67458. 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
#34155school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39692school: Physical; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51383school: Physical; effect types: School Damage, effect 87; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51422effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#57610effect values: 18.5, 1300 (this record: 45, 4500); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#62357school: Physical; effect types: School Damage, effect 87, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#62397used by: Cast by Flame Cannon; school: Physical; effect types: Weapon % Damage, effect 87; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#62636effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#88891school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#92687school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#92690school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#92694school: Physical; effect types: effect 165; 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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