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Optical Blast

Spell

Optical Blast

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster focuses an intense beam of Solar energy directly in front of them.

Optical Blast

Tooltip

The caster focuses an intense beam of Solar energy directly in front of them. Enemies caught in the beam suffer Fire damage every 1 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 100 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 10 times over the full 10 sec (1000 base in total).

What it does

Optical Blast is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
Duration10 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 100
Period: every 1 sec

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 #174494. 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; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#173947duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#173949used by: Cast by Optical Blast; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#173954cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174492cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174493used by: Cast by Optical Blast; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 100)A helper record another spell casts
#174496cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174497used by: Cast by Optical Blast; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 100); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#174498effect values: 150 (this record: 100); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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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