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Ruination

Spell

Ruination

PhysicalHolyFireNatureFrostShadowArcane

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Warlock

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Call down a demon-infested meteor from the depths of the Twisting Nether, dealing (2537.9% of Spell Power) Chaos damage on impact to all enemies of the target and summoning 1 Diabolic Imp.

Ruination

Tooltip

Call down a demon-infested meteor from the depths of the Twisting Nether, dealing (2537.9% of Spell Power) Chaos damage on impact to all enemies of the target and summoning 1 Diabolic Imp.

Damage is further increased by your critical strike chance and is reduced beyond 8 targets.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 25.3791 times spell power. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Ruination is a Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow and Arcane spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Physical, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow and Arcane damage in an 8 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, Holy, Fire, Nature, Frost, Shadow, Arcane
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 25.3791
Radius: 8 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?

Ruination 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 9 separate Spell records named "Ruination". This page is record #434636. 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
#249425school: Physical; duration: 8 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#249429school: Physical; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#249430school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#249453school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#249455journal encounter: Kin'garoth; school: Fire; effect values: 313.46 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA different caster
#428522used by: Talent: Warlock; school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#433885school: Fire, Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 0, effect 0; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#434635cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Missile, Dummy; 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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