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The Burning CrusadeThe Burning Crusade 2.5.6 · Outland, the Dark Portal and Shattrath · client build 2.5.6.70006Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Fireball

Spell

Fireball

Fire

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 1700 to 2300 Fire damage to all enemies in a selected area.

Fireball

Tooltip

Inflicts 1700 to 2300 Fire damage to all enemies in a selected area.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1700. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 3 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 1700) in an 8 yard radius.

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

SchoolFire
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1700
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 8 yards

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 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #18392. 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
#16101different tooltip textA variant record
#16413used by: Cast by Firebreather; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#16415cast time: 2 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#16788different tooltip textA variant record
#17290different tooltip textA variant record
#18082cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18199cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#18796used by: Cast by Fiery War Axe; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#19391cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#19816different tooltip textA variant record
#20420cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#20678cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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