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Nightmare Blast

Spell

Nightmare Blast

Physical

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Instant castOne Thousand Yards

Physical spell.

Nightmare Blast

How it works

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

What it does

Nightmare Blast is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 5 min. 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

SchoolPhysical
Range1000 yards (One Thousand Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 min
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 7297

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 7 separate Spell records named "Nightmare Blast". This page is record #214711. 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
#187565school: Nature; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203147school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#203151difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Trigger MissileA per-difficulty version
#203153journal encounter: Dragons of Nightmare; school: Shadow; duration: 1 min; effect types: School Damage, effect 144, Summon; different tooltip textA different caster
#213162journal encounter: Cenarius; school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 45 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#277588school: Nature, Arcane; cast time: 0.8 sec; duration: none; effect 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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