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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Arcane Explosion

Spell

Arcane Explosion

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castSelf Only

Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 243 to 263 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards.

Arcane Explosion

Tooltip

Causes an explosion of arcane magic around the caster, causing 243 to 263 Arcane damage to all targets within 10 yards.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Explosion costs 390 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 243. It scales with 0.143 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Arcane Explosion is an Arcane spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Arcane damage (base value 243) in a 10 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolArcane
Cost390 Mana
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 243
Spell power coefficient: 0.143
Radius: 10 yards

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 106 separate Spell records named "Arcane Explosion". This page is record #22460. 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
#15453cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#19712cast time: 0.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#21073cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#22271different tooltip textA variant record
#22938used by: Cast by Arcane Explosion Proc; cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#23413no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#25679different tooltip textA variant record
#26192cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#26643used by: Cast by Frenzy; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#27989different tooltip textA variant record
#28450cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 0.1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29106different 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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