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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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Instant castMedium Range

Explode self, destroying the ghoul and causing 787 to 913 shadow damage to all nearby enemies.

Explode

Tooltip

Explode self, destroying the ghoul and causing 787 to 913 shadow damage to all nearby enemies.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 787. Its area radius is 8 yards.

What it does

Explode is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 30 yards. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 787) in an 8 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

SchoolShadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 787
Radius: 8 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 52 separate Spell records named "Explode". This page is record #51874. 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; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25699used by: Cast by Explode; school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#26059used by: Cast by Explode Bug; school: Fire; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#28433school: Nature; effect types: School Damage, Instakill, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30687school: Fire; effect 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
#36722used by: Cast by Explode; school: Arcane; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#38830school: Arcane; duration: 7 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#38831used by: Cast by Explode; school: Arcane; effect types: School Damage, Instakill; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#47496cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#53024school: Physical; 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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