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Searing Totem

Spell

Searing Totem

Fire

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Shaman

Instant cast30 sec cooldownSelf Only

Fire spell for Shamans.

Searing Totem

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28). Its base value is 5.

What it does

Searing Totem is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Value: 5
Misc value: 2523, 3211

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 12 separate Spell records named "Searing Totem". This page is record #3599. 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
#38116subtext: Rank 2; duration: 35 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#39588duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#39591duration: 1 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#65997duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#81203duration: 1 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#132963duration: 1 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#148215duration: 1 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#160103duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#169215duration: 30 sec; effect values: 1 (this record: 5); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#220177duration: 1 min; different tooltip textA variant record
#260567duration: 1 min; effect values: 0 (this record: 5); 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
Level data sightedBase level 10 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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