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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)
Explode

Spell

Explode

Fire

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Instant cast10 min cooldownSelf Only

Sacrifices the caster's life in order to inflict 4688 to 5312 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

Explode

Tooltip

Sacrifices the caster's life in order to inflict 4688 to 5312 Fire damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

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

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 4688. It scales with 1 times spell power. Its area radius is 20 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Instakill (effect type 1).

What it does

Explode is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 10 min cooldown. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 4688) in a 20 yard radius and kills the target outright.

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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown10 min
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 4688
Spell power coefficient: 1
Radius: 20 yards
Effect #2Instakill (1)

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Explode appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 52 separate Spell records named "Explode". This page is record #25699. 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
#7670school: Physical; duration: 2.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, DummyA different effect setup
#25698duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26059used by: Cast by Explode BugA helper record another spell casts
#28433school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30687effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, InstakillA different effect setup
#36719school: Arcane; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36722school: Arcane; different tooltip textA variant record
#38830school: Arcane; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38831school: Arcane; different tooltip textA variant record
#47496school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#51874school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53024school: Physical; effect types: Knock Back; different tooltip textA 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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