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Scorching Ray

Spell

Scorching Ray

Fire

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4 secAnywhere - Unlimited

High Sage Viryx scorches several players with focused sunlight, inflicting 10 Fire damage and an additional 5 Fire damage every 1 sec for 5 sec.

Scorching Ray

Tooltip

High Sage Viryx scorches several players with focused sunlight, inflicting 10 Fire damage and an additional 5 Fire damage every 1 sec for 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 3 times over the full 1.5 sec.

What it does

Scorching Ray is a Fire spell with a 4 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 1.5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.5 sec.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time4 sec
Duration1.5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.5 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 15 separate Spell records named "Scorching Ray". This page is record #1253542. 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
#236880cast time: instant; duration: 168 hr; effect values: 236883 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#236885school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#236955cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#355495school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#355496school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 254A different effect setup
#1253538cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1253539used by: Cast by Scorching Ray; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 7 secA helper record another spell casts
#1253540school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 7 secA variant record
#1253541used by: Cast by Scorching Ray; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 302107 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1253543journal encounter: High Sage Viryx; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 203, Apply AuraA different caster
#1253544cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1253908duration: none; effect types: 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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