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Optical Blast

Spell

Optical Blast

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster charges up its focusing lens to fire a bolt of Solar energy outward in a straight line.

Optical Blast

Tooltip

The caster charges up its focusing lens to fire a bolt of Solar energy outward in a straight line.
Players caught in the beam suffer Fire damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 74.2465. Its area radius is 25 yards.

What it does

Optical Blast is a Physical spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 74.2465) in a 25 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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 74.2465
Radius: 25 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?

Optical Blast 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 11 separate Spell records named "Optical Blast". This page is record #173949. 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
#115781subtext: Special Ability; used by: Observer; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#119911subtext: Special Ability; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#173947effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#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
#174493duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#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
#174497duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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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