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Purging Protocol

Spell

Purging Protocol

Physical

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Instant castTwenty yards

Construction bays fill with fire, inflicting 89.5609 Fire damage every 1 sec for until cancelled.

Purging Protocol

Tooltip

Construction bays fill with fire, inflicting 89.5609 Fire damage every 1 sec for until cancelled. The gigantic doors then close, killing anyone inside.

How it works

Purging Protocol is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 395.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Purging Protocol.
  3. Effect 3 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Purging Protocol.
  4. Effect 4 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Purging Protocol.

What it does

Purging Protocol is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Purging Protocol (record #258020), Purging Protocol (record #248061) and Purging Protocol (record #259493).

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 395
Misc value: 11015
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Purging Protocol
Effect #3Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Purging Protocol
Effect #4Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Purging Protocol

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 12 separate Spell records named "Purging Protocol". This page is record #248048. 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
#248061used by: Cast by Purging Protocol; school: Fire; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#258020used by: Cast by Purging Protocol; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#258021difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Kin'garoth; school: Fire; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#259493used by: Cast by Purging Protocol; school: Fire; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#350534school: Arcane; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#352538journal encounter: Guardian of the First Ones; school: Arcane; cast time: 5 sec; duration: 7 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 140; different tooltip textA different caster
#354742used by: Cast by Purging Protocol; duration: none; effect types: effect 203, effect 203, effect 203, effect 203A helper record another spell casts
#456948duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#456952duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#456956used by: Cast by Purging Protocol; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#456986duration: none; effect 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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