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Unstable Magic

Spell

Unstable Magic

Arcane

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Instant castTower 80

Causes many arcane detonations, inflicting Arcane damage and knocking targets into the air.

Unstable Magic

Tooltip

Causes many arcane detonations, inflicting Arcane damage and knocking targets into the air.

How it works

Unstable Magic is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 500. Its area radius is 2 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 144, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 125. Its area radius is 2 yards.

What it does

Unstable Magic is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 80 yards. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 500) in a 2 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
Range80 yards (Tower 80)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 500
Radius: 2 yards
Effect #2Effect 144
Value: 125
Misc value: 60
Radius: 2 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?

Unstable Magic appears in: 2 spells that cast it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Unstable Magic". This page is record #216999. 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
#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: Fire; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157978school: Frost; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#157979effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216993cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#216996effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#216997effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#217001effect types: Trigger MissileA different effect setup
#389792effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#389797effect types: Trigger Missile, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#389855journal encounter: Azureblade; effect types: School Damage; 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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