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Fireball

Spell

Fireball

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2 secLong Range

Inflicts 20.3834 Fire damage to an enemy.

Fireball

Tooltip

Inflicts 20.3834 Fire damage to an enemy.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20.3834.

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 20.3834).

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 time2 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 20.3834

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: 2 boss encounters.

Boss encounters

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 #271452. 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
#36971effect values: 80.62 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37111effect values: 14.88 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37329cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 18.6 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37463cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38641cast time: instant; effect values: 36.16 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38824cast time: instant; effect values: 36.16 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39267cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 1797 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#40554cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 15.5 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#40598journal encounter: Illidan Stormrage; effect values: 37.21 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textA different caster
#40877duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41383cast time: instant; effect values: 37.21 (this record: 20.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#41484cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; 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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