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Fireball

Spell

Fireball

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Mage

1.8 secLong Range

Throws a fiery ball that causes (388.1% of Spell Power) Fire damage.

Fireball

Tooltip

Throws a fiery ball that causes (388.1% of Spell Power) Fire damage.

Each time your Fireball fails to critically strike a target, it gains a stacking 20% increased critical strike chance. Effect ends when Fireball critically strikes.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 3.8813 times spell power.

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 1.8 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1.8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 3.8813
Chain targets: 1

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?

Fireball appears in: 1 class specialization.

Class specialization

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #133. 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
#9053cast time: 2.5 sec; effect values: 7 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#9488cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 197 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#10578cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#11839cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 297 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#11921cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 221.5 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#11985cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 297 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#12466cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#13140cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 297 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#13375cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 447 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#13438cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15228cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#15536cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 297 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 1 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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