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Meltdown

Spell

Meltdown

Fire

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Heats up metal in the target's gear, making it drip fiery residue every 0.5 seconds.

Meltdown

Tooltip

Heats up metal in the target's gear, making it drip fiery residue every 0.5 seconds. Residue pools inflict 10 Fire damage to anyone standing in it. Lasts 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Meltdown is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Duration12 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 29700

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?

Meltdown appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 23 separate Spell records named "Meltdown". This page is record #419184. 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
#363955school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#364035school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#364038school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: 24 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365324school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#365325school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#366309school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: 5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#366312school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#419185cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#419326school: none; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#423480school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#423482duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#431131used by: Talent: Mage; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner

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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