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Unstable Orb

Spell

Unstable Orb

Arcane

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Instant castExtended Range

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

  1. Effect 1 is Weapon % Damage (effect type 31). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Unstable Orb is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and a range of 50 yards. When cast it deals a percentage of weapon damage (base value 150) 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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Weapon % Damage (31)
Value: 150
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 #303132. 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; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#185248school: Fire; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#185250school: Fire; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#187172school: Fire; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#303118cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; 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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