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Unstable Orb

Spell

Unstable Orb

Arcane

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2.5 sec5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Summons an orb of Arcane energy that periodically explodes, inflicting Arcane damage to all nearby enemies.

Unstable Orb

Tooltip

Summons an orb of Arcane energy that periodically explodes, inflicting Arcane damage to all nearby enemies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Unstable Orb is an Arcane spell with a 2.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it has a Create Area Effect effect in a 5 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2.5 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 17393
Radius: 5 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 6 separate Spell records named "Unstable Orb". This page is record #303118. 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; school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#185248school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185250school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#187172school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303132cast time: instant; 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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