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Howling Blast

Spell

Howling Blast

Physical

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Death Knight

Instant castSelf Only

Increases damage done by 20%.

Howling Blast

Tooltip

Increases damage done by 20%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 20.

What it does

Howling Blast 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: 20

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 15 separate Spell records named "Howling Blast". This page is record #316800. 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
#61061used by: Cast by Howling Blast; school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#61066school: Frost; duration: 4 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#79896school: Frost; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#107116school: Frost; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#165740school: Frost; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#172750school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#237680school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#283498school: Frost; effect types: School Damage, Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#283501school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#310386effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#314864school: Frost; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#315937school: Frost; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage; 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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