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Riptide

Spell

Riptide

Frost

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Instant castTen yards

Inflicts 8 Frost damage to nearby enemies, knocking them away and disarming them for 2 sec.

Riptide

Tooltip

Inflicts 8 Frost damage to nearby enemies, knocking them away and disarming them for 2 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Riptide is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 8. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 65. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 67. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Riptide is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 8) in a 10 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura in a 10 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the disarmed mechanic.

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

SchoolFrost
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
MechanicDisarmed
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 8
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 65
Misc value: 40
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 67
Radius: 10 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 19 separate Spell records named "Riptide". This page is record #22419. 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
#61295used by: Talent: Shaman; school: Nature; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Heal, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#66053difficulty rows: 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); subtext: Rank 4; school: Nature; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Heal, Apply Aura, effect 0; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#75367school: Nature; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Heal, Apply Aura, effect 0; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90399duration: 15 sec; effect types: Heal, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#90914duration: 15 sec; effect types: Heal, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#130824duration: 15 sec; effect types: Heal, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#175564used by: Cast by Riptide; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#175565school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#175925school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect types: effect 136, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#217924school: Nature; duration: 18 sec; effect types: effect 136, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224687duration: 15 sec; effect types: effect 136, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#231725subtext: Rank 2; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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