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Cataclysm

Spell

Cataclysm

FireShadow

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Warlock

2 sec30 sec cooldownLong Range

Calls forth a cataclysm at the target location, dealing (364.5% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage to all enemies within 8 yards and afflicting them with Wither.

Cataclysm

Tooltip

Calls forth a cataclysm at the target location, dealing (364.5% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage to all enemies within 8 yards and afflicting them with Wither.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 3.645 times spell power. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Cataclysm is a Fire and Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and a 30 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Fire and Shadow damage in an 8 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

SchoolFire, Shadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 3.645
Radius: 8 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?

Cataclysm appears in: 3 talents.

Talents

  • Cataclysm for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)Talent
  • Cataclysm for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction) (definition #120944)Talent
  • Cataclysm (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Cataclysm". This page is record #152108. 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
#68953used by: Cast by Cataclysm; school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, effect 61A helper record another spell casts
#80133school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, effect 61A different effect setup
#80134school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, effect 61A different effect setup
#100761school: Physical; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#102111school: Physical; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: effect 61; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#106523school: Fire; cast time: 1 min; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#106527used by: Cast by Cataclysm; school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#106538school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#138564school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#138565school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 144, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157745school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#195815effect values: 89.56 (this record: 0)Different tuning

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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