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Tidal Wave

Spell

Tidal Wave

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

The caster calls on the fury of the sea, forming massive tidal waves that inflict 6.2961 Frost damage to all enemies within their path.

Tidal Wave

Tooltip

The caster calls on the fury of the sea, forming massive tidal waves that inflict 6.2961 Frost damage to all enemies within their path.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 6.2961 per tick. It ticks every 0.2 sec, 60 times over the full 15 sec (377.77 base in total).

What it does

Tidal Wave is a Nature spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.2 sec.

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

SchoolNature
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 6.2961
Period: every 0.2 sec

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 44 separate Spell records named "Tidal Wave". This page is record #412469. 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
#233976school: Frost; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233977school: Frost; duration: 6 sec; effect types: effect 160, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233996school: Frost; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#234186school: Physical, Frost; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#234196school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 6.3)Different tuning
#258736school: Frost; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#258738school: Frost; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#275572cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage, Knock BackA different effect setup
#412467used by: Cast by Tidal Waves; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: effect 226, Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#440259school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 6.3); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#440269used by: Cast by Tidal Wave; school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Create Area EffectA helper record another spell casts
#440271no compared field differsA duplicate client record

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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