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Self Destruct

Spell

Self Destruct

Fire

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Instant castMedium Range

Inflicts 22.2805 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

Self Destruct

Tooltip

Inflicts 22.2805 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

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 22.2805. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Self Destruct is a Fire spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 22.2805) in a 5 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 22.2805
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #3Dummy (3)

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 34 separate Spell records named "Self Destruct". This page is record #9874. 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
#9879cast time: 7 sec; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#49025school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65084school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 0.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65085used by: Cast by Self Destruct; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#74181school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#133048cast time: 6 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 93; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133050duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, effect 93; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133291duration: 10 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 93; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133931duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#134129duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186195school: Arcane; cast time: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260330cast time: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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 1.60.1.70338, 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 sighted2 effect rows 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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