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Earthquake

Spell

Earthquake

Physical

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Instant cast5 sec cooldownSelf Only

Deals 750 damage every 2 sec for 8 sec.

Earthquake

Tooltip

Deals 750 damage every 2 sec for 8 sec. Nearby enemies have a chance to be stunned briefly.

How it works

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

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 23. Its base value is 750 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (3000 base in total). It triggers Earthquake.
  2. Effect 2 is Persistent Area Aura (effect type 27). It applies aura type 4. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Earthquake is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and leaves a persistent area effect on the ground in a 20 yard radius. It also casts Earthquake (record #39051).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 23
Value: 750
Period: every 2 sec
Trigger spell: Earthquake
Effect #2Persistent Area Aura (27)
Aura type id 4
Radius: 20 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 84 separate Spell records named "Earthquake". This page is record #39050. 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
#19798duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32686effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#33919cast time: 1 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35565effect types: Apply Aura, Area Aura (Party), Persistent Area AuraA different effect setup
#35569used by: Cast by Earthquake; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 77A helper record another spell casts
#37764duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#39051used by: Cast by Earthquake; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 77; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#41966used by: Cast by Vignette Boss Rumble [DNT]; effect types: Persistent Area AuraA helper record another spell casts
#46240used by: Cast by Earthquake; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#46243duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#46932duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#61882subtext: Rank 1; used by: Talent: Shaman; school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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