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Fireball

Spell

Fireball

Fire

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Mage

Instant castMedium-Long

Hurls a fiery ball that causes Fire damage and an additional damage over 6 sec.

Fireball

Tooltip

Hurls a fiery ball that causes Fire damage and an additional damage over 6 sec.

How it works

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

Fireball is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. It ticks every 2 sec, 3 times over the full 6 sec.

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 35 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage and applies an aura every 2 sec.

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
Range35 yards (Medium-Long)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Period: every 2 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Fireball appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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 #18796. 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
#17290cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18082cast time: 2 secA variant record
#18199cast time: 2 secA variant record
#18392cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19391cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#19816cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20420cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20678cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20692cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20714cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20793cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20797cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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.

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

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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