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Glass Cannon

Spell

Glass Cannon

Physical

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Fireball, Scorch, and Ignite damage is increased by 25%, but your maximum health is decreased by 30%.

Glass Cannon

Tooltip

Fireball, Scorch, and Ignite damage is increased by 25%, but your maximum health is decreased by 30%.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 25.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 133. Its base value is -30.

What it does

Glass Cannon is a 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 25
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 133
Value: -30

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?

Glass Cannon appears in: 1 pvp talent.

PvP talents

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Glass Cannon". This page is record #390428. 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
#357667used by: Cast by Glass Cannon; school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#357668effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357669used by: Cast by Glass Cannon; school: Nature; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#357670school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0, 50 (this record: 25, -30); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#372260subtext: Talent; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 100, -50 (this record: 25, -30); different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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