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Detonation

Spell

Detonation

Fire

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5 secMedium Range

Fire erupts from Arcanist Doan, dealing Fire damage to all nearby enemies.

Detonation

Tooltip

Fire erupts from Arcanist Doan, dealing Fire damage to all nearby enemies.

How it works

Each cast of Detonation costs 153 Mana.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 32.8406. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Detonation is a Fire spell with a 5 sec cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 32.8406) in a 30 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
Cost153 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 32.8406
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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 37 separate Spell records named "Detonation". This page is record #9435. 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
#4043cast time: instant; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 32.84, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#11815cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#25099cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#39687cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#54355cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#54537cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#66789cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#85445cast time: instant; effect types: effect 144, School Damage, effect 86; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#92552cast time: instant; effect values: 5.62, 0 (this record: 32.84, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#92697cast time: instant; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#94369cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#103546school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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