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Solar Beam

Spell

Solar Beam

Physical

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Instant cast4 sec cooldownAnywhere - Unlimited

Fire a beam at the ground for 4 sec, searing enemies near the impact area.

Solar Beam

Tooltip

Fire a beam at the ground for 4 sec, searing enemies near the impact area.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).

What it does

Solar Beam is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range, a 4 sec cooldown and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown4 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 82161, 64

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 30 separate Spell records named "Solar Beam". This page is record #165283. 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; school: Nature; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different owner
#81261school: Nature; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#97547used by: Cast by Solar Beam; school: Nature; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#129888school: Nature; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Persistent Area Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#129889school: Nature; duration: 1.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#129891used by: Cast by Solar Beam; school: Nature; duration: 0.0 sec; effect types: Interrupt Cast; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#165282effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#165286used by: Cast by Solar Beam; school: Fire; duration: none; effect types: effect 165A helper record another spell casts
#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
#295532used by: Cast by Solar Beam; school: Holy, Fire; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#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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