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Arcane Blast

Spell

Arcane Blast

Arcane

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Mage

2.5 secMedium Range

Blasts the target with energy, dealing 648 to 752 Arcane damage.

Arcane Blast

Tooltip

Blasts the target with energy, dealing 648 to 752 Arcane damage. Each time you cast Arcane Blast, the casting time is reduced. Effect and lasts 8 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Blast costs 195 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Arcane Blast is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 648. It scales with 0.714 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 65. Its base value is 10.

What it does

Arcane Blast is an Arcane spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 648) and applies an aura. It stacks up to 5 times.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Cost195 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks5
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 648
Spell power coefficient: 0.714
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 65
Value: 10

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. 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 100 separate Spell records named "Arcane Blast". This page is record #35927. 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
#30451subtext: Rank 1; used by: Arcane Mage; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#31457cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32935cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34793cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35314cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37126cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38342cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38344cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38538cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38881no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#40837cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#40881cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Knock Back, School 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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