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Self-Destruct

Spell

Self-Destruct

Fire

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Instant castSelf Only

Explodes, stunning enemies around for 4 seconds and dealing 6 Fire damage.

Self-Destruct

Tooltip

Explodes, stunning enemies around for 4 seconds and dealing 6 Fire damage.

How it works

Self-Destruct is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Instakill (effect type 1).
  3. Effect 3 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 6. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Self-Destruct is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 10 yard radius, kills the target outright and deals Fire damage (base value 6) in a 10 yard radius.

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
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Instakill (1)
Effect #3School Damage (2)
Value: 6
Radius: 10 yards

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 #449397. 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; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#49216school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#158644cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174486cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#177032cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185149cast time: 5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#296522journal encounter: HK-8 Aerial Oppression Unit; school: Nature; cast time: 3.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#302096school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 165, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#363201school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Knock Back, effect 165, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#394161school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Instakill, Trigger Spell, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#394165used by: Cast by Self-Destruct; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#1230302journal encounter: Nexus-King Salhadaar; school: Shadow; cast time: 10 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; 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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