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Volatile Charge

Spell

Volatile Charge

Nature

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2 secSelf Only

Applies a volatile charge to players, inflicting 7.5 Nature damage every 1 sec.

Volatile Charge

Tooltip

Applies a volatile charge to players, inflicting 7.5 Nature damage every 1 sec. for 8 sec. When the effect ends, players will expel their charge, inflicting 60 Nature damage to nearby players. Expelled charges periodically inflict 60 Nature damage to enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 7.5 per tick. Its area radius is 40 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec (60 base in total).

What it does

Volatile Charge is a Nature spell with a 2 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 40 yard radius every 1 sec.

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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 7.5
Radius: 40 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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 17 separate Spell records named "Volatile Charge". This page is record #287648. 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
#228328school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#228331used by: Cast by Volatile Charge; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 228333 (this record: 7.5); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#228333difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic Keystone, Mythic, Timewalking; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#283507difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic; journal encounter: Opulence; effect values: 10 (this record: 7.5)A per-difficulty version
#283557difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#283570school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 7.5)Different tuning
#283574duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#287640duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#287642school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 7.5)Different tuning
#287645difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: instant; duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon, School Damage; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#291184used by: Cast by Volatile Charge; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 7.5)A helper record another spell casts
#291185school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 203A 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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