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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)
Dispel Magic

Spell

Dispel Magic

Arcane

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Instant cast20 sec cooldownSelf Only

Dispels magic on nearbv targets, removing 20 harmful spells from allies.

Dispel Magic

Tooltip

Dispels magic on nearbv targets, removing 20 harmful spells from allies.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dispel (effect type 38). Its base value is 20. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 100 yards.

What it does

Dispel Magic is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 20 sec cooldown. When cast it dispels effects in a 100 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown20 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dispel (38)
Value: 20
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 7
Radius: 100 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 19 separate Spell records named "Dispel Magic". This page is record #21076. 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
#528used by: Talent: Priest; school: Holy; different tooltip textA different owner
#15090school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#16908different tooltip textA variant record
#17201school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#23859school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#27609subtext: Rank 2; school: Holy; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43577school: Holy; different tooltip textA variant record
#63499journal encounter: Hodir; school: Holy; effect types: Dispel, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster
#65546difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); subtext: Rank 2; school: Holy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#173127effect types: noneA different effect setup
#182887effect types: noneA different effect setup
#235101effect types: noneA 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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