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Orb of Destruction

Spell

Orb of Destruction

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Send an Orb of Destruction to your target's location at least 10 yds away, dealing up to Shadow damage to all enemies after 4 sec.

Orb of Destruction

Tooltip

Send an Orb of Destruction to your target's location at least 10 yds away, dealing up to Shadow damage to all enemies after 4 sec. Targets closer to the impact take more damage.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Orb of Destruction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage in a 20 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

SchoolShadow
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Radius: 20 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?

Orb of Destruction 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 12 separate Spell records named "Orb of Destruction". This page is record #229700. 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
#183498school: Fire; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183499school: Fire; duration: 2 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#188057school: Fire; duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#188061school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#205343school: Fire; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#205344difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; school: Fire; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205347difficulty rows: Looking For Raid; school: Fire; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205348difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Krosus; school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#205361school: Fire; cast time: 4 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#221107school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#225133effect types: Trigger Missile; 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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