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Water Bolt

Spell

Water Bolt

Frost

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Instant castLonger Range

Hurls a watery bolt at an enemy, inflicting moderate Frost damage.

Water Bolt

Tooltip

Hurls a watery bolt at an enemy, inflicting moderate Frost damage.

How it works

Water Bolt is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2.4528.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 252. Its base value is -20.

What it does

Water Bolt is a Frost spell with an instant cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 2.4528) and applies an aura.

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

SchoolFrost
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration3 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 2.4528
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 252
Value: -20

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?

Water Bolt appears in: 1 spell that casts 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 81 separate Spell records named "Water Bolt". This page is record #85209. 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
#73555cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#76535cast time: 2 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 14.53, -5 (this record: 2.45, -20); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#76720cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 12.28, -10 (this record: 2.45, -20); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#78801cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#78926cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79054cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#83669cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#85211duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#87180cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#90490school: Nature; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#99733duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#99735school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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