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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)
Explosion

Spell

Explosion

Fire

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Instant castSelf Only

Causes the target to explode, dealing 3200 Fire damage to all nearby allies.

Explosion

Tooltip

Causes the target to explode, dealing 3200 Fire damage to all nearby allies.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3200. Its area radius is 18 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 333.

What it does

Explosion is a Fire spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 3200) in an 18 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3200
Radius: 18 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 333

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?

Explosion appears in: 2 spells that cast 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 210 separate Spell records named "Explosion". This page is record #20476. 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
#12158school: Physical; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#12159school: Physical; effect types: Instakill; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#13259school: Physical; effect types: School Damage, Trigger Spell, DummyA different effect setup
#20038effect types: Instakill, effect 86A different effect setup
#27745effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#29949effect types: School Damage, Knock Back, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#30934effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#30953duration: 1 min; effect types: Summon Object, School DamageA different effect setup
#33862used by: Cast by Mortar; effect types: School DamageA helper record another spell casts
#34539duration: 11 sec; effect types: Summon Object, School DamageA different effect setup
#34674school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35470effect types: School Damage, effect 77; 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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