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Optical Blast

Spell

Optical Blast

Physical

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Warlock

Instant cast24 sec cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

Counter the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 7 sec.

Optical Blast

Tooltip

Counter the enemy's spellcast, preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 7 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 115781.

What it does

Optical Blast is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and a 24 sec cooldown.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown24 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 115781

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 11 separate Spell records named "Optical Blast". This page is record #119911. 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
#115781used by: Observer; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different owner
#173947effect values: 173954 (this record: 115781)Different tuning
#173949used by: Cast by Optical Blast; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#173954cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174492cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174493used by: Cast by Optical Blast; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#174494duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174496cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174497used by: Cast by Optical Blast; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#174498duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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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