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Solar Beam

Spell

Solar Beam

Nature

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

You summon a beam of solar light over an enemy target's location, interrupting the target and silencing all enemies under the beam while it is active.

Solar Beam

Tooltip

You summon a beam of solar light over an enemy target's location, interrupting the target and silencing all enemies under the beam while it is active. Solar Beam lasts for 10 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Interrupt Cast (effect type 68). It applies the interrupted mechanic.

What it does

Solar Beam is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 0.0 sec. When cast it interrupts spellcasting with the interrupted mechanic.

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

SchoolNature
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration0.0 sec
Effect #1Interrupt Cast (68)
Mechanic: Interrupted

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Solar Beam appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 30 separate Spell records named "Solar Beam". This page is record #129891. 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
#78675used by: Talent: Druid; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#81261duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97547duration: 7 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#129888duration: 10 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Persistent Area Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#129889duration: 1.2 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#165282school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#165283school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#165286school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: effect 165A different effect setup
#177454school: Fire; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295521school: Holy, Fire; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295532school: Holy, Fire; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#295533school: Holy, Fire; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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.

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