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Unstable Magic

Spell

Unstable Magic

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Arcane spell for Mages.

Unstable Magic

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 50. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Unstable Magic is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 100 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 50) in an 8 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

SchoolArcane
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 50
Radius: 8 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Unstable Magic". This page is record #157979. 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
#29900duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#50272duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157976school: Fire, Frost, Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157977school: FireA variant record
#157978school: Frost; effect values: 20 (this record: 50)Different tuning
#216993cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#216996used by: Cast by Unstable Magic; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#216997effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#216999used by: Cast by Unstable Magic; effect types: School Damage, effect 144; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#217001used by: Cast by Unstable Magic; effect types: Trigger MissileA helper record another spell casts
#389792effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#389797used by: Cast by Unstable Magic; effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA 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.

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