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Self Destruct

Spell

Self Destruct

Fire

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7 secMedium Range

Fire spell.

Self Destruct

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Self Destruct is a Fire spell with a 7 sec cast and a range of 30 yards.

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 time7 sec
Effect #1Dummy (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 #9879. 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
#9874cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#49025school: Physical; cast time: instant; 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; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#74181school: Physical; cast time: instantA variant record
#133048cast time: 6 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 93; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133050cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, effect 93; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133291cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, School Damage, Apply Aura, effect 93; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#133931cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#134129cast time: instant; duration: 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 sighted1 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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