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Meltdown

Spell

Meltdown

Fire

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2 sec12 sec cooldownVision 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

Spells that share its cooldown category wait 6 sec after it is cast. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its area radius is 30 yards. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 10 times over the full 5 sec.

What it does

Meltdown is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 100 yards, a 12 sec cooldown and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 30 yard radius every 0.5 sec.

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 time2 sec
Cooldown12 sec
Category cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Radius: 30 yards
Period: every 0.5 sec

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 23 separate Spell records named "Meltdown". This page is record #419185. 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; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#364035school: Physical; cast time: instant; 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; different tooltip textA variant record
#366312used by: Cast by Meltdown; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#419184used by: Cast by Meltdown; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#419326school: none; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#423480school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#423482used by: Cast by Meltdown; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#431131used by: Talent: Mage; school: Physical; cast time: instant; 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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