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Unstable Orb

Spell

Unstable Orb

Fire

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Fires an Unstable Orb at targets, burning all targets for 4.89697 Fire damage every second for 15 sec.

Unstable Orb

Tooltip

Fires an Unstable Orb at targets, burning all targets for 4.89697 Fire damage every second for 15 sec. This effect stacks.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179).

What it does

Unstable Orb is a Fire spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 1 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect.

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

SchoolFire
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 4321

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 6 separate Spell records named "Unstable Orb". This page is record #185250. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#182001journal encounter: Iron Reaver; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#185248duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#187172duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#303118school: Arcane; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#303132school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA 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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