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Steam Blast

Spell

Steam Blast

Fire

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1.5 secTen yards

Deals 135.5 Fire damage to an enemy, knocking it back.

Steam Blast

Tooltip

Deals 135.5 Fire damage to an enemy, knocking it back.

How it works

Steam Blast is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 135.5.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 80.

What it does

Steam Blast is a Fire spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 10 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 135.5) and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast time1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 135.5
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 80

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 18 separate Spell records named "Steam Blast". This page is record #93655. 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
#50375effect values: 10.34, 200 (this record: 135.5, 80)Different tuning
#52531cast time: instant; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59141cast time: instant; effect values: 43.3, 50 (this record: 135.5, 80); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#66203cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Knock Back, effect 165, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128408cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147863cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157971school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: effect 138, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157974school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: effect 138, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157975school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: effect 138, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#160431used by: Cast by Steam Blast; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#173169cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216194cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: 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.

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