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Obliterate

Spell

Obliterate

Physical

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Instant castMedium Range

Release a flurry of assaults, inflicting Physical damage to enemies within 15 yards in front of the caster.

Obliterate

Tooltip

Release a flurry of assaults, inflicting Physical damage to enemies within 15 yards in front of the caster.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 400. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 12 yards.

What it does

Obliterate is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 400) in a 15 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 400
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Radius: 12 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?

Obliterate 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 36 separate Spell records named "Obliterate". This page is record #196316. 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; 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; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171715school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#171716duration: 6 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185173school: Fire; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193019effect 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; effect types: effect 163; 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; 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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