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Serpent's Breath

Spell

Serpent's Breath

Fire

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2.5 secMedium Range

The caster unleashes a wave of flame, inflicting 37.1759 Fire damage instantly and additional 5.94815 Fire damage every 1 sec for 5 sec.

Serpent's Breath

Tooltip

The caster unleashes a wave of flame, inflicting 37.1759 Fire damage instantly and additional 5.94815 Fire damage every 1 sec for 5 sec.

How it works

Serpent's Breath is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 37.1759. Its area radius is 25 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5.9481 per tick. Its area radius is 25 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (29.74 base in total).

What it does

Serpent's Breath is a Fire spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 37.1759) in a 25 yard radius and applies an aura in a 25 yard radius every 1 sec.

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 time2.5 sec
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 37.1759
Radius: 25 yards
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5.9481
Radius: 25 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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 5 separate Spell records named "Serpent's Breath". This page is record #272869. 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
#209162school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#272868cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#285176cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#285178journal encounter: King RastakhanA 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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