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Fireball

Spell

Fireball

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 23.7905 Fire damage to all enemies in a selected area.

Fireball

Tooltip

Inflicts 23.7905 Fire damage to all enemies in a selected area.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 23.7905. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 3 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 23.7905) in an 8 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 23.7905
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 8 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 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #18392. 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
#16101effect values: 447 (this record: 23.79); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#16413used by: Cast by Firebreather; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#16415cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#16788effect values: 5.02 (this record: 23.79); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17290effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18082cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18199cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18796used by: Cast by Fiery War Axe; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#19391cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 197 (this record: 23.79); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19816effect values: 385.5 (this record: 23.79); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20420cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 25.15 (this record: 23.79); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#20678cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 344.5 (this record: 23.79); 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 sighted1 effect rows 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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