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Self-Destruct

Spell

Self-Destruct

Fire

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5 secSelf Only

The construct activates its self-destruct feature, exploding for Fire damage.

Self-Destruct

Tooltip

The construct activates its self-destruct feature, exploding for Fire damage.

How it works

Self-Destruct is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1000. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Instakill (effect type 1).

What it does

Self-Destruct is a Fire spell with a 5 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 1000) in a 10 yard radius and kills the target outright.

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 time5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1000
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Instakill (1)

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 17 separate Spell records named "Self-Destruct". This page is record #185149. 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
#49215school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#49216school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#158644effect values: 600, 0 (this record: 1000, 0)Different tuning
#174486cast time: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#177032effect values: 600, 0 (this record: 1000, 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#296522journal encounter: HK-8 Aerial Oppression Unit; school: Nature; cast time: 3.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#302096school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#363201school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Knock Back, effect 165, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#394161school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Instakill, Trigger Spell, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#394165used by: Cast by Self-Destruct; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#449397cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Instakill, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1230302journal encounter: Nexus-King Salhadaar; school: Shadow; cast time: 10 sec; effect values: 330, 10 (this record: 1000, 0); 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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