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Overload

Spell

Overload

Nature

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Instant castExtended Range

Blocking attacks has a chance to trigger an Overload, absorbing the next damage you take and dealing Nature damage to attackers while the absorb persists.

Overload

Tooltip

Blocking attacks has a chance to trigger an Overload, absorbing the next damage you take and dealing Nature damage to attackers while the absorb persists.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).

What it does

Overload is a Nature spell with an instant cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it deals Nature damage.

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

SchoolNature
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)

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 88 separate Spell records named "Overload". This page is record #302263. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#288249cast time: 4 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#300807journal encounter: Queen Azshara; school: Physical; cast time: 3.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#301431school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: effect 77, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#301435used by: Cast by Overload; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#301456school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#301457used by: Cast by Overload; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#301458school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#301459used by: Cast by Overload; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#301460school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#301461used by: Cast by Overload; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#301462school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#302262used by: Cast by Salvaged Mekacycle Shielding; school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts

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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