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Heat Wave

Spell

Heat Wave

Fire

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2 secMedium Range

Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies and additional 2 Fire damage to all enemies of the caster every 1 sec for 3 sec.

Heat Wave

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage to all enemies and additional 2 Fire damage to all enemies of the caster every 1 sec for 3 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 30 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2 per tick. Its area radius is 50 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 3 times over the full 3 sec (6 base in total).

What it does

Heat Wave is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 100) in a 30 yard radius and applies an aura in a 50 yard radius every 1 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration3 sec
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 100
Radius: 30 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2
Radius: 50 yards
Period: every 1 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 24 separate Spell records named "Heat Wave". This page is record #391982. 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
#185183used by: Cast by Heat Wave; cast time: instant; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#228025journal encounter: Opera Hall: Beautiful Beast; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#228026used by: Cast by Heat Wave; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#369201school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#369202used by: Cast by Heat Wave; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#375725used by: Talent: Evoker; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#404751school: Fire, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 132A different effect setup
#404849school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#414993cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#427422school: Fire, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 132A different effect setup
#427423school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#427897used by: Cast by Blistering Heat; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, 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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