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Tidal Burst

Spell

Tidal Burst

Frost

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Instant cast8 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts 80 Frost damage to all enemies.

Tidal Burst

Tooltip

Inflicts 80 Frost damage to all enemies.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 80. Its area radius is 50000 yards.

What it does

Tidal Burst is a Frost spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and an 8 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 80) in a 50000 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

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 80
Radius: 50000 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Tidal Burst 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 13 separate Spell records named "Tidal Burst". This page is record #39878. 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
#224695school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#224696used by: Cast by Tidal Burst; school: Nature; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#224697used by: Cast by Tidal Burst; school: Nature; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#224699used by: Cast by Tidal Burst; school: Nature; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#224700used by: Cast by Tidal Burst; school: Nature; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#286998effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#305011school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#356225effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#356260used by: Cast by Tidal Burst; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#397889cast time: 3.5 sec; effect values: 25 (this record: 80)Different tuning
#1244650school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1244655school: Physical; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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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