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Desolate Path

Spell

Desolate Path

Fire

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A manifestation of flame charges forward, knocking back and inflicting 279.878 Fire damage to enemies in a frontal line.

Desolate Path

Tooltip

A manifestation of flame charges forward, knocking back and inflicting 279.878 Fire damage to enemies in a frontal line.

How it works

Desolate Path is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 279.878. Its area radius is 300 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 250. Its area radius is 300 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Desolate Path is a Fire spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 1.5 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 279.878) in a 300 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 300 yard radius and has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 279.878
Radius: 300 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 250
Misc value: 150
Radius: 300 yards
Effect #3Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 12008

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?

Desolate Path appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Desolate Path". This page is record #244767. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#244589used by: Cast by Desolate Gaze; school: Physical; duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#244825cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#244831school: Physical; duration: 0.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#244833duration: 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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