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Fireball

Spell

Fireball

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0.5 secLong Range

Inflicts Fire damage to an enemy.

Fireball

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage to an enemy.

How it works

Each cast of Fireball costs 90 Mana. 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). Its base value is 5.5897. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 0.4658 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (1.4 base in total).

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 0.5 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 5.5897) and applies an aura every 3 sec. It stacks up to 10 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
Cost90 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time0.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration9 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks10
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 5.5897
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 0.4658
Spell power coefficient: 1
Period: every 3 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 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #24611. 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
#20811cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#20815cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#20823cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#21072cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#21159used by: Cast by Sulfuron Hammer; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 5.59, 0.47); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#21162cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 0, 0 (this record: 5.59, 0.47); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#21402cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#21549cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#22088cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#23024cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#23411cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 15, 5 (this record: 5.59, 0.47)Different tuning
#24374cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA 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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