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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

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 3.5 yards.

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 has a Create Area Effect effect in a 3.5 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

SchoolPhysical
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 12244
Radius: 3.5 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?

Purging Protocol 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 12 separate Spell records named "Purging Protocol". This page is record #258020. 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
#248048effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#248061school: FireA variant record
#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
#259493school: FireA variant record
#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
#354742duration: none; effect types: effect 203, effect 203, effect 203, effect 203A different effect setup
#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
#456956school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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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