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Mortar Blast

Spell

Mortar Blast

Fire

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Instant castOne Thousand Yards

Inflicts 2000 Fire damage to enemies of the location.

Mortar Blast

Tooltip

Inflicts 2000 Fire damage to enemies of the location.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2000. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Mortar Blast is a Fire spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 2000) in a 5 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
Range1000 yards (One Thousand Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 2000
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Effect 77
Radius: 5 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?

Mortar Blast 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 14 separate Spell records named "Mortar Blast". This page is record #160191. 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
#144315used by: Cast by Mortar Blast; school: Physical; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#144316used by: Cast by Mortar Blast; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#144556used by: Cast by Mortar Barrage; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#145407school: Physical; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#146027school: Physical; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#148869school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#148870used by: Cast by Mortar Blast; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#148871used by: Cast by Mortar Blast; school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#148872school: Physical; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#156531used by: Cast by Mortar; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon, School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#159112effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#159307effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA 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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