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Scorching Breath

Spell

Scorching Breath

Fire

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0.7 secLonger Range

Inflicts 454.305 Fire damage in a frontal cone.

Scorching Breath

Tooltip

Inflicts 454.305 Fire damage in a frontal cone. The flames sear enemy flesh, causing 170.364 Fire damage every 2 seconds.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Scorching Breath is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 908.61. Its area radius is 60 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 170.364 per tick. Its area radius is 80 yards. It ticks every 2 sec, 15 times over the full 30 sec (2555.46 base in total).

What it does

Scorching Breath is a Fire spell with a 0.7 sec cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 908.61) in a 60 yard radius and applies an aura in an 80 yard radius every 2 sec. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast time0.7 sec
Duration30 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 908.61
Radius: 60 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 170.364
Radius: 80 yards
Period: every 2 sec

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 10 separate Spell records named "Scorching Breath". This page is record #143767. 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
#83707cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83855used by: Cast by Scorching Breath; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#294480school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#294482used by: Cast by Scorching Breath; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#372201cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#372202used by: Cast by Scorching Breath; cast time: instant; duration: 2.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#372203used by: Cast by Scorching Breath; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#395184cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#405708school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; 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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