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Explosive Potential

Spell

Explosive Potential

Physical

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

After casting Arcane Surge, your next Shimmer will cause a Blast Wave at your previous location, dealing (54.3% of Spell Power) Fire damage, knocking enemies back 8 yds, and slowing them by 70% for 6...

Explosive Potential

Tooltip

After casting Arcane Surge, your next Shimmer will cause a Blast Wave at your previous location, dealing (54.3% of Spell Power) Fire damage, knocking enemies back 8 yds, and slowing them by 70% for 6 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 8. It triggers Explosive Potential.

What it does

Explosive Potential is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Explosive Potential (record #1246032).

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 8
Trigger spell: Explosive Potential

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Explosive Potential appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Explosive Potential". This page is record #1246030. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#275395used by: Cast by Explosive Potential; effect values: 0 (this record: 8); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#275398duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#388827used by: Talent: Warlock; effect values: -2000 (this record: 8); different tooltip textA different owner
#1246032used by: Cast by Explosive Potential; duration: 20 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 8); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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