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Devastation

Spell

Devastation

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Physical spell.

Devastation

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Activating Specialization.

What it does

Devastation is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). It also casts Activating Specialization.

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Activating Specialization

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 26 separate Spell records named "Devastation". This page is record #367960. 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
#170964duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#356926school: Shadow; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#356927school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage, effect 144A different effect setup
#357941school: Shadow; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 160A different effect setup
#357949used by: Cast by Devastation; school: Shadow; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 160A helper record another spell casts
#357952used by: Cast by Devastation; school: Shadow; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#365740school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#405850school: Fire; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 18 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Knock BackA different effect setup
#406357used by: Cast by Chains of the Forgotten; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#424345school: Fire, Shadow; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#424347journal encounter: Igira the Cruel; school: Fire, Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#454735used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner

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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