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Explode

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals 4.80874 fire damage to nearby enemies and knocks them back a short distance.

Explode

Tooltip

Deals 4.80874 fire damage to nearby enemies and knocks them back a short distance.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 4.8087. Its area radius is 3 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 3 yards.

What it does

Explode is a Fire spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 4.8087) in a 3 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 3 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 4.8087
Radius: 3 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 50, 50
Radius: 3 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 #88974. 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
#47496school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Instakill, effect 0; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51874school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53024school: Physical; effect types: Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#67729difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, effect 0; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#88321used by: Cast by ExplodeA helper record another spell casts
#89769duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90096effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90392duration: 2 sec; effect types: effect 165, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#91625effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#95500used by: Cast by Sticky Bomb Periodic Trigger; effect types: Trigger SpellA helper record another spell casts
#130978used by: Cast by Unstable; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#133017school: Arcane; cast time: 0.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; 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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