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Detonate

Spell

Detonate

Fire

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1 secOne Yard

Inflicts 63.4046 Fire damage to nearby units, knocking them back and killing the caster.

Detonate

Tooltip

Inflicts 63.4046 Fire damage to nearby units, knocking them back and killing the caster.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 63.4046. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 56.

What it does

Detonate is a Fire spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 1 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 63.4046) in a 5 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 5 yard radius and applies an aura.

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
Range1 yards (One Yard)
Cast time1 sec
DurationInfinite
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 63.4046
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 56
Misc value: 15214, 1

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 90 separate Spell records named "Detonate". This page is record #377700. 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
#355943school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#355945school: Shadow; cast time: 10 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#358527cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#358538cast time: 10 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#360528journal encounter: Vigilant Guardian; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 165, effect 164; different tooltip textA different caster
#363723school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#366267difficulty rows: Heroic; school: Arcane; cast time: 7 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger SpellA per-difficulty version
#367186school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#372093cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#377694school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#390987cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#400288cast time: 6 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, InstakillA 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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