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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)
Blood Nova

Spell

Blood Nova

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Blood explodes outward from a random enemy target, inflicting 7600 to 8400 Physical damage to nearby enemies.

Blood Nova

Tooltip

Blood explodes outward from a random enemy target, inflicting 7600 to 8400 Physical damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

Blood Nova is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 7600. It scales with 0.8 times spell power. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 72202. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Blood Nova is a Physical spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Physical damage (base value 7600) 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

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 7600
Spell power coefficient: 0.8
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Effect 77
Value: 72202
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 8 separate Spell records named "Blood Nova". This page is record #72380. 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
#72378difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 1 sec; effect types: effect 140, effect 77; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#72379used by: Cast by Blood Nova; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#257252effect types: noneA different effect setup
#323544journal encounter: Hakkar the Soulflayer; effect types: noneA different caster
#332335effect types: noneA different effect setup
#454008effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1277694journal encounter: Predaxas; effect types: noneA different caster

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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