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Arcane Missiles

Spell

Arcane Missiles

Arcane

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Mage

Instant castMedium Range

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

Arcane Missiles

Tooltip

Launches magical missiles at an enemy, inflicting Arcane damage each second for 5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Arcane Missiles costs 235 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec. It triggers Arcane Missiles.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3).

What it does

Arcane Missiles is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. It also casts Arcane Missiles (record #33989).

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
Cost235 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Period: every 1 sec
Trigger spell: Arcane Missiles
Effect #2Dummy (3)

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 130 separate Spell records named "Arcane Missiles". This page is record #33988. 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
#33031duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#33419no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#33462used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#33552no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#33553used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#33832effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#33833used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#33989used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#34446no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#34447used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#35033effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#35034used by: Cast by Arcane Missiles; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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