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Unstable Explosion

Spell

Unstable Explosion

Arcane

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4 secFifteen yards

Arcane spell.

Unstable Explosion

How it works

Unstable Explosion is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 500. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 15 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Instakill (effect type 1).

What it does

Unstable Explosion is an Arcane spell with a 4 sec cast and a range of 15 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 500) in a 15 yard radius, has a Knock Back effect in a 15 yard radius and kills the target outright.

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

SchoolArcane
Range15 yards (Fifteen yards)
Cast time4 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 500
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 50
Misc value: 150
Radius: 15 yards
Effect #3Instakill (1)

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 20 separate Spell records named "Unstable Explosion". This page is record #220318. 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
#39266school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#49948school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, InstakillA different effect setup
#65297school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: effect 165; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#162909school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#189553school: Shadow; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212948journal encounter: Nithogg; school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#215694school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#283961school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#288071used by: Cast by Unstable Explosion; school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#288072school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#346297journal encounter: Mailroom Mayhem; school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#376982cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Weapon % Damage, InstakillA 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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