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Explode

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4 secSelf Only

Sets a series of placed traps to explode, inflicting Shadow damage to all nearby enemies.

Explode

Tooltip

Sets a series of placed traps to explode, inflicting Shadow damage to all nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 800. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Explode is a Shadow spell with a 4 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 800) in a 5 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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast time4 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 800
Radius: 5 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 #254594. 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; 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
#248414effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251235school: Fire; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#254242school: Arcane; cast time: 6 sec; effect values: 200 (this record: 800); 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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