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Explode

Arcane

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6 sec30 sec cooldownSelf Only

Sacrifices the caster's life in order to inflict Arcane damage to nearby enemies.

Explode

Tooltip

Sacrifices the caster's life in order to inflict Arcane damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 200. Its area radius is 7 yards.

What it does

Explode is an Arcane spell with a 6 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 30 sec cooldown. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 200) in a 7 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

SchoolArcane
RangeSelf Only
Cast time6 sec
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 200
Radius: 7 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 52 separate Spell records named "Explode". This page is record #254242. 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
#200612school: Fire; cast time: 4 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#200614school: Frost; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213579school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#236706school: Fire; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248414school: Shadow; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251235school: Fire; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#254594school: Shadow; cast time: 4 sec; effect values: 800 (this record: 200); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#261653school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#262687school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#267077journal encounter: The Council of Tribes; school: Fire; cast time: 9 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#268651school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#286002school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165, Instakill; 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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