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Explosive Trap

Spell

Explosive Trap

Fire

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Instant castTwo-Hundred Yard Range

Launches a trap that explodes when an enemy approaches causing the area to erupt into flames.

Explosive Trap

Tooltip

Launches a trap that explodes when an enemy approaches causing the area to erupt into flames. These flames inflict 1.26311 Fire damage every 1.5 sec. to enemies in the area for 12 sec

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1.2631 per tick. Its area radius is 5 yards. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 8 times over the full 12 sec (10.1 base in total).

What it does

Explosive Trap is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 200 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 5 yard radius every 1.5 sec. It stacks up to 100 times.

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
Range200 yards (Two-Hundred Yard Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks100
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1.2631
Radius: 5 yards
Period: every 1.5 sec

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 22 separate Spell records named "Explosive Trap". This page is record #176749. 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
#128953cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Summon Object; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140794school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140795duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140798used by: Cast by Explosive Trap; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#176734school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176739used by: Cast by Explosive Trap; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#176745duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect, School DamageA different effect setup
#176748school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#191433duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#231007school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 45 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#231008difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; duration: 30 sec; effect values: 50.38 (this record: 1.26); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#234054school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger Spell; 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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