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Firestarter

Spell

Firestarter

Fire

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Your Fireball and Pyroblast spells always deal a critical strike when the target is above 90% health.

Firestarter

Tooltip

Your Fireball and Pyroblast spells always deal a critical strike when the target is above 90% health.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 90.

What it does

Firestarter is a Fire spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 90
Misc value: 17

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?

Firestarter appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Firestarter for Mage (Arcane, Fire, Frost)Talent
  • Firestarter (4 talent definitions no current talent tree places)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Firestarter". This page is record #205026. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#171170school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 15 (this record: 90); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#378963duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 90); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#425153used by: Cast by Cataclysmic Signet Brand; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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