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Scorching Ray

Spell

Scorching Ray

Physical

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Physical spell.

Scorching Ray

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Scorching Ray is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 9818

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 #236885. 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
#232569school: Fire; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233295school: Fire; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#236880school: Fire; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#236955school: Fire; duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#355495duration: 10 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#355496duration: none; effect types: effect 254A different effect setup
#1253538school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1253539used by: Cast by Scorching Ray; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#1253540duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#1253541used by: Cast by Scorching Ray; school: Fire; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1253542school: Fire; cast time: 4 sec; duration: 1.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1253543journal encounter: High Sage Viryx; school: Fire; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 203, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster

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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