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Release

Spell

Release

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

The caster explodes violently, instantly killing all enemies with potent Fel energies.

Release

Tooltip

The caster explodes violently, instantly killing all enemies with potent Fel energies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Instakill (effect type 1). Its area radius is 50000 yards.

What it does

Release is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it kills the target outright in a 50000 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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Instakill (1)
Radius: 50000 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 16 separate Spell records named "Release". This page is record #180444. 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
#160606school: Physical; effect types: effect 164A different effect setup
#180442effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182682school: Physical; effect types: effect 203, effect 203, effect 203, InstakillA different effect setup
#190979school: Physical; effect types: effect 203, effect 203, effect 203A different effect setup
#202595school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#234025school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#236723school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#262085school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263850school: Physical; effect types: Teleport, effect 164A different effect setup
#264017school: Physical; effect types: effect 203A different effect setup
#272857school: Physical; effect types: effect 61A different effect setup
#302375school: Physical; effect types: 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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