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Meltdown

Spell

Meltdown

Fire

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Instant castMedium Range

The caster lobs a huge ball of fire at random nearby targets, inflicting 25 Fire damage and knocking back everything caught in its radius.

Meltdown

Tooltip

The caster lobs a huge ball of fire at random nearby targets, inflicting 25 Fire damage and knocking back everything caught in its radius.

This spell can accidentally hit allies.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Meltdown is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 25.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 6 yards.

What it does

Meltdown is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 25) and has a Knock Back effect in a 6 yard radius.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 25
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 50
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?

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 #423482. 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; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#364035school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#364038school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; cast time: 24 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#365324school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#365325school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; 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; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#419184duration: 12 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#423480school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#431131used by: Talent: Mage; school: Physical; 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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