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Chaos Nova

Spell

Chaos Nova

Fire

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2 secSelf Only

Inflicts Fire damage to nearby enemies.

Chaos Nova

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 22 per tick. Its area radius is 10 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (88 base in total).

What it does

Chaos Nova is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 200) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura in a 10 yard radius every 3 sec.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 200
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 22
Radius: 10 yards
Period: every 3 sec

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 14 separate Spell records named "Chaos Nova". This page is record #183192. 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
#36225effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#36255effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#37997effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#179057used by: Talent: Demon Hunter; school: Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#183517used by: Cast by Imbue Fel: Nova; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#183521used by: Cast by Chaos Nova; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#185777effect values: 100, 22 (this record: 200, 22)Different tuning
#190246school: Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#195440school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 0.8 sec; effect types: Learn Spell, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#199828cast time: 4 sec; duration: 3.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222826school: Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#292224school: Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 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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