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Maelstrom Weapon

Spell

Maelstrom Weapon

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Each stack of Maelstrom Weapon reduces the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning by 20% and increases its damage by 20%.

Maelstrom Weapon

Tooltip

Each stack of Maelstrom Weapon reduces the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt or Chain Lightning by 20% and increases its damage by 20%.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Maelstrom Weapon is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 10 times.

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
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks10
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Misc value: 10

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 16 separate Spell records named "Maelstrom Weapon". This page is record #420266. 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
#78152used by: Cast by Maelstrom Weapon; effect values: -20 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#78153subtext: Rank 5; duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#159513duration: until cancelled; effect values: 99999 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#187880used by: Talent: Shaman; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#187881used by: Cast by Overcharge; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#187890effect values: -100 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#295547duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#295548duration: none; effect types: Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#344179effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#412692effect values: -100 (this record: 0)Different tuning
#420263duration: none; effect values: 1 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#467442effect values: -100 (this record: 0)Different tuning

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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