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Tidal Wave

Spell

Tidal Wave

Frost

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Instant castFive Hundred Yards

The Wrath of Azshara commands massive tidal waves, which inflict 22.6477 Frost damage to all players within their path.

Tidal Wave

Tooltip

The Wrath of Azshara commands massive tidal waves, which inflict 22.6477 Frost damage to all players within their path.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Tidal Wave is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 22.6477.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Tidal Wave is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 500 yards and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 22.6477) and applies an aura.

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
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 22.6477
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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 Wave 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 44 separate Spell records named "Tidal Wave". This page is record #192801. 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
#176301school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#192753school: Physical; duration: 3 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#192791school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#192792school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#192793used by: Cast by Tidal Wave; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#192797used by: Cast by Tidal Wave; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#192798used by: Cast by Tidal Wave; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#192940school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#192941school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#197219school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#233970used by: Cast by Tidal Wave; duration: 22 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#233971journal encounter: Si'vash; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 138; different tooltip textA different caster

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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