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PhysicalTooltip
Launches the driver towards the designated location.
What it does
Launch is a spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. It also casts Launch (record #170432).
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 facts
SchoolPhysical
Cast timeInstant
RangeAnywhere - Unlimited
Spell ID170431Datamined from the current retail game build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.
Spell Details
| School | Physical |
|---|---|
| Range | 50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Dummy (3) Radius: 5 yards |
| Effect #2 | Effect 140 Trigger spell: Launch |
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.
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 46 separate Spell records named "Launch". This page is record #170431. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #98295 | used by: Cast by Launch; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #150873 | used by: Cast by Airspace; effect types: effect 160, effect 160; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #150874 | used by: Cast by Launch; effect types: Jump to Destination | A helper record another spell casts |
| #160656 | effect types: effect 165, Trigger Missile; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #170428 | used by: Cast by Launch; school: Fire; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #170429 | school: Fire; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura | A different effect setup |
| #170432 | used by: Cast by Launch; school: Fire; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura | A helper record another spell casts |
| #172543 | used by: Cast by Launch; effect types: effect 90; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #185742 | school: Shadow; effect types: effect 140, School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #195526 | effect types: Dummy | A different effect setup |
| #195547 | effect types: Trigger Missile | A different effect setup |
| #207186 | effect types: School Damage, effect 203, Knock Back; different tooltip text | A 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.