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Scorch

Spell

Scorch

Fire

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Mage

1.5 sec3 sec cooldownMedium Range

Scorches an enemy for 8 Fire damage.

Scorch

Tooltip

Scorches an enemy for 8 Fire damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 8.

What it does

Scorch is a Fire spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and a 3 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 8).

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

SchoolFire
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown3 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 8

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 45 separate Spell records named "Scorch". This page is record #15241. 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
#2948used by: Talent: Mage; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#13878effect values: 147 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#15037cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 197 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17195effect values: 372 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#32969cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 96.5 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#35377effect values: 147 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#36807effect values: 597 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38296cast time: 2.2 sec; effect values: 37.98 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38391effect values: 221.5 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#38636cast time: instant; effect values: 30.13 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#47723cast time: 1 sec; effect values: 10.71 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#50183effect values: 10.5 (this record: 8); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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 sighted1 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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