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Pillar of Flame

Spell

Pillar of Flame

Fire

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Instant castSelf Only

Deals Fire damage to nearby targets.

Pillar of Flame

Tooltip

Deals Fire damage to nearby targets.

How it works

Pillar of Flame is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 79.2457. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 250. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Pillar of Flame is a Fire spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 79.2457) in a 5 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 5 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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 79.2457
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 250
Radius: 5 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?

Pillar of Flame 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 10 separate Spell records named "Pillar of Flame". This page is record #77971. 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
#67714subtext: Rank 1; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#67760subtext: Rank 1; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#77970school: Arcane; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#77973school: Arcane; duration: 2.5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#77995school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#77998effect types: effect 140, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#78006school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#78010school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#78017school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA 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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