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Chaos Nova

Spell

Chaos Nova

Fire

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4 secSelf Only

Inflicts Fire damage and stuns enemies for 3.5 sec.

Chaos Nova

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage and stuns enemies for 3.5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Chaos Nova costs 100 Energy.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1500. Its area radius is 25 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its area radius is 25 yards.

What it does

Chaos Nova is a Fire spell with a 4 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 3.5 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 1500) in a 25 yard radius and applies an aura in a 25 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

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
Cost100 Energy
RangeSelf Only
Cast time4 sec
Duration3.5 sec
MechanicStunned
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1500
Radius: 25 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Radius: 25 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 14 separate Spell records named "Chaos Nova". This page is record #199828. 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
#36255cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 197, 22 (this record: 1500, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37997cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 197, 22 (this record: 1500, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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
#183192cast 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; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#183521used by: Cast by Chaos Nova; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 1500, 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#185777cast 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; 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
#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
#344867school: Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; 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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