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Obliterate

Spell

Obliterate

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster hurls a bolt of void energy outwards.

Obliterate

Tooltip

The caster hurls a bolt of void energy outwards. Any players caught in the bolt's path suffer Shadow damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 1.75 yards.

What it does

Obliterate is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 1.75 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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 3120
Radius: 1.75 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 36 separate Spell records named "Obliterate". This page is record #171716. 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
#137747cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#148785cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#149312cast time: 3 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, Knock Back, Instakill, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#159335school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171715school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185173school: Fire; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193019duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#193023duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193024used by: Cast by Obliterum Helper (DO NOT DISPLAY); cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: effect 163; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#196316used by: Cast by Obliterating Assault; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#204042cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222024used by: Cast by Obliterate; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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