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Nova

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Nova

Fire

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2.5 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Invokes a nova, inflicting high Fire damage to enemies and additional Fire damage every 1 sec for 4 sec.

Nova

Tooltip

Invokes a nova, inflicting high Fire damage to enemies and additional Fire damage every 1 sec for 4 sec.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 700. Its area radius is 12 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 150 per tick. Its area radius is 12 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 4 times over the full 4 sec (600 base in total).

What it does

Nova is a Fire spell with a 2.5 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 700) in a 12 yard radius and applies an aura in a 12 yard radius every 1 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2.5 sec
Duration4 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 700
Radius: 12 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 150
Radius: 12 yards
Period: every 1 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 7 separate Spell records named "Nova". This page is record #242396. 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
#142775school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149277school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#206794cast time: 3 sec; effect values: 1000, 150 (this record: 700, 150)Different tuning
#1232136school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#1232145school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1272755used by: Companions; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon; 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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