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Scorching Roots

Spell

Scorching Roots

Physical

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Instant castThree Hundred Yards

Physical spell.

Scorching Roots

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Missile (effect type 32). Its area radius is 15 yards. It triggers Scorching Roots.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 160, which the datamine does not name. It triggers Scorching Roots.

What it does

Scorching Roots is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 300 yards. When cast it launches a missile in a 15 yard radius. It also casts Scorching Roots (record #417663) and Scorching Roots (record #422614).

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
Range300 yards (Three Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Trigger Missile (32)
Radius: 15 yards
Trigger spell: Scorching Roots
Effect #2Effect 160
Trigger spell: Scorching Roots

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 6 separate Spell records named "Scorching Roots". This page is record #417662. 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
#414974school: Fire; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#417660journal encounter: Larodar, Keeper of the Flame; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#417663used by: Cast by Scorching Roots; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Summon, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#418654duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Heal to Max Health; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#422614used by: Cast by Scorching Roots; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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