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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

Shadow

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1.5 sec1 sec cooldownSelf Only

Explode, destroying the Ghoul and causing Shadow damage to all enemies within 5 yards.

Explode

Tooltip

Explode, destroying the Ghoul and causing Shadow damage to all enemies within 5 yards. Damage dealt is equal to 25% the maximum health of the Ghoul.

How it works

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

Explode is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1. Its area radius is 5 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 25.

What it does

Explode is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 1 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1) in a 5 yard radius and deals Shadow damage (base value 1).

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

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast time1.5 sec
Cooldown1 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1
Radius: 5 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Value: 1
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 25

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 52 separate Spell records named "Explode". This page is record #47496. 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
#25698school: Fire; cast time: instant; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25699used by: Cast by Explode; school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#26059used by: Cast by Explode Bug; school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#28433school: Nature; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30687school: Fire; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, InstakillA different effect setup
#36719school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36722used by: Cast by Explode; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#38830school: Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38831used by: Cast by Explode; school: Arcane; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#51874cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53024school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Knock Back; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#67729difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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