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Swirling Firestorm

Spell

Swirling Firestorm

FireShadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A swirling inferno of flame inflicts 40 Shadowflame damage and knocks away players caught in its path.

Swirling Firestorm

Tooltip

A swirling inferno of flame inflicts 40 Shadowflame damage and knocks away players caught in its path.

How it works

Swirling Firestorm is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 40.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 200.

What it does

Swirling Firestorm is a Fire and Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Fire and Shadow damage (base value 40).

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, Shadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 40
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 200
Misc value: 200

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?

Swirling Firestorm appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Swirling Firestorm". This page is record #425530. 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
#425527school: Physical; duration: 2 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#429707school: Physical; effect types: effect 144; 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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