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Overload

Spell

Overload

Nature

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Instant cast7 sec cooldownSelf Only

Focuses all the caster's energy into a single ball of lightning.

Overload

Tooltip

Focuses all the caster's energy into a single ball of lightning. This ball grows for 6 sec until it finally explodes, dealing 118.952 Nature damage to all enemies within 20 yards and knocking them down.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Overload is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 6 sec. It triggers Overload.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 140, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Overload.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 147.

What it does

Overload is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 7 sec cooldown and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 6 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Overload (record #61878) and Overload (record #61876).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown7 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 6 sec
Trigger spell: Overload
Effect #2Effect 140
Trigger spell: Overload
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 147
Misc value: 1615

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 #63481. 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
#51731used by: Cast by Arcane Infusion; school: Arcane; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#51743used by: Cast by Overload; school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#54902subtext: Rank 1; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#57585used by: Cast by Lightning Infusion; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#61869journal encounter: The Assembly of Iron; different tooltip textA different caster
#61876used by: Cast by Overload; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#61877duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#61878used by: Cast by Overload; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#63033duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#63480duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63618school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: Instakill, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63999duration: none; effect types: effect 77; 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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