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Optical Blast

Spell

Optical Blast

Physical

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2 secVision 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

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

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Optical Blast.

What it does

Optical Blast is a spell with a 2 sec cast and a range of 100 yards. It also casts Optical Blast (record #173949).

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 time2 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Optical Blast

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 #173954. 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; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#119911subtext: Special Ability; cast time: instant; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#173947cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#173949used by: Cast by Optical Blast; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#174492effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174493used by: Cast by Optical Blast; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#174494cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174496effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174497used by: Cast by Optical Blast; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#174498cast time: instant; duration: 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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