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Wave of Light

Spell

Wave of Light

Physical

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2 secFive Hundred Yards

Releases a wave of holy light towards a friendly target, inflicting 15 Holy damage to all enemies hit.

Wave of Light

Tooltip

Releases a wave of holy light towards a friendly target, inflicting 15 Holy damage to all enemies hit. Additionally, heals all allies for 5% of their maximum health every 1 sec for 7 sec when hit. If no allies are present, targets an enemy instead.

How it works

Wave of Light is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Create Area Effect (effect type 179). Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Wave of Light is a spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 500 yards 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

SchoolPhysical
Range500 yards (Five Hundred Yards)
Cast time2 sec
Duration30 sec
Effect #1Create Area Effect (179)
Misc value: 15188
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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?

Wave of Light 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 8 separate Spell records named "Wave of Light". This page is record #283598. 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
#179112used by: Cast by Item - LFR T17 Cloth Healer 4P Bonus; school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: 6.3 sec; effect types: Create Area Effect; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#179113school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#283587journal encounter: Champion of the Light; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#283590cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#283617difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA per-difficulty version
#283619school: Holy; cast time: instant; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#284530cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 160A 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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