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Chaos Nova

Spell

Chaos Nova

FireNatureFrostShadowArcane

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Demon Hunter

Instant cast45 sec cooldownSelf Only

Unleash an eruption of fel energy, dealing (27.5% of Attack Power) Chaos damage and stunning all nearby enemies for 3 sec.

Chaos Nova

Tooltip

Unleash an eruption of fel energy, dealing (27.5% of Attack Power) Chaos damage and stunning all nearby enemies for 3 sec.

Each enemy stunned by Chaos Nova has a 30% chance to generate a Lesser Soul Fragment.

How it works

Each cast of Chaos Nova costs 25 Fury. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Chaos Nova is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. It applies the stunned mechanic. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.2748 times attack power. Its area radius is 8 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 30. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Chaos Nova is a Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow and Arcane spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 45 sec cooldown and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the stunned mechanic in an 8 yard radius and deals Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow and Arcane 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, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane
Cost25 Fury
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown45 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration3 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Mechanic: Stunned
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Attack power coefficient: 0.2748
Radius: 8 yards
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 30
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?

Chaos Nova appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Chaos Nova for Demon Hunter (Havoc, Vengeance, Devourer)Talent
  • Chaos Nova for Demon Hunter (Havoc, Vengeance, Devourer) (definition #139055)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 14 separate Spell records named "Chaos Nova". This page is record #179057. 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
#36225school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36255school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37997school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183192school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183517used by: Cast by Imbue Fel: Nova; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183521used by: Cast by Chaos Nova; school: Fire; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#185777school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#190246school: Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#195440school: Physical; duration: 0.8 sec; effect types: Learn Spell, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#199828school: Fire; cast time: 4 sec; duration: 3.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222826duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#292224duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; 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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