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Magma Trap

Spell

Magma Trap

Fire

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Creates a zone of fiery magma at the location that persists until triggered.

Magma Trap

Tooltip

Creates a zone of fiery magma at the location that persists until triggered. Once triggered, all players take 56 Fire damage are knocked into the air.

Victims of the Magma Trap take 100% more damage from future Magma Trap effects.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Magma Trap is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 56. It applies the infected mechanic. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 600. Its area radius is 6 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 255. Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Magma Trap is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 min. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 56) with the infected mechanic in a 6 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 6 yard radius and applies an aura in a 6 yard radius. It stacks up to 99 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

SchoolFire
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 min
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 56
Mechanic: Infected
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 600
Radius: 6 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 255
Value: 100
Misc value: 33
Radius: 6 yards

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?

Magma Trap appears in: 2 boss encounters.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 9 separate Spell records named "Magma Trap". This page is record #284374. 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
#98159school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#98164used by: Cast by Magma Trap; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#98170used by: Cast by Magma Trap; duration: until cancelled; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#98171used by: Cast by Magma Trap; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#98172school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#98179school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#282038used by: Cast by Magma Trap; school: Physical; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#284373school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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