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The Big One

Spell

The Big One

Fire

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3 secFifteen yards

Inflicts Fire damage and incapacitates targets for 5 sec in a 10 yard radius.

The Big One

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage and incapacitates targets for 5 sec in a 10 yard radius. Any damage will break the effect. Unreliable against targets higher than level.

How it works

The Big One is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its base value is 5. It scales with 1 times spell power. It applies the incapacitated mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

The Big One is a Fire spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 15 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura with the incapacitated mechanic in a 10 yard radius.

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
Range15 yards (Fifteen yards)
Cast time3 sec
Duration5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Value: 5
Spell power coefficient: 1
Mechanic: Incapacitated
Radius: 10 yards

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.

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Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 17 separate Spell records named "The Big One". This page is record #12562. 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
#12754used by: Engineering; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Create ItemA different owner
#253394used by: Cast by The Big One; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#253395used by: Cast by Communing with Jani; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#268258used by: Cast by The Big One; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#268259used by: Cast by Communing with Jani; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 100 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#275637school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 203A different effect setup
#406527school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#406557used by: Cast by The Big One; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#406681used by: Cast by The Big One; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#406687cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#406691school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 144A different effect setup
#407035used by: Cast by The Big One; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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