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Power Overload

Spell

Power Overload

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster spews out several bolts of lightning at nearby targets.

Power Overload

Tooltip

The caster spews out several bolts of lightning at nearby targets. Players of the impact suffer Nature damage.
Each bolt will bounce two additional times.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). Its area radius is 10 yards. It triggers Ball Lightning.

What it does

Power Overload is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it launches a missile in a 10 yard radius. It also casts Ball Lightning.

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
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Radius: 10 yards
Trigger spell: Ball Lightning

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 6 separate Spell records named "Power Overload". This page is record #278008. 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
#277997school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#302197school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#302201no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#302204used by: Cast by Power Overload; school: Nature; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#389179journal encounter: Watcher Irideus; school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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