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Arcane
Mage
Tooltip
Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing Arcane damage to all targets within 6 yards.
What it does
Explosion is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).
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 facts
SchoolArcane
Cast timeInstant
ClassMage
RangeSelf Only
Spell ID128848Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Arcane |
|---|---|
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Dummy (3) Radius: 6 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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 210 separate Spell records named "Explosion". This page is record #128848. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #116510 | used by: Cast by Explosion; school: Fire; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #120011 | school: Physical | A variant record |
| #123044 | school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #123054 | used by: Cast by Explosion; school: Frost; effect types: School Damage | A helper record another spell casts |
| #125619 | school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, effect 182; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #130423 | school: Physical | A variant record |
| #130615 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #133197 | school: Fire; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #133236 | school: Fire; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #135310 | school: Fire; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #136967 | school: Physical | A variant record |
| #140996 | school: Fire; effect types: effect 77, School Damage; different tooltip text | A 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.