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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)
Explosive Shot

Spell

Explosive Shot

Fire

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Instant cast6 sec cooldownHunter Range

You fire an explosive charge into the enemy target, dealing 2267 to 2733 Fire damage.

Explosive Shot

Tooltip

You fire an explosive charge into the enemy target, dealing 2267 to 2733 Fire damage. The charge will blast the target every second for an additional 2 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1813 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 2 times over the full 2 sec (3626 base in total).

What it does

Explosive Shot is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 35 yards, a 6 sec cooldown and effects that last 2 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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
Range35 yards (Hunter Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration2 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1813
Period: every 1 sec

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 19 separate Spell records named "Explosive Shot". This page is record #65866. 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
#15495cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69975difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 PlayerA per-difficulty version
#79721effect types: noneA different effect setup
#119472effect types: noneA different effect setup
#142595effect types: noneA different effect setup
#142597effect types: noneA different effect setup
#142600used by: Cast by Explosive Shot; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#145661effect types: noneA different effect setup
#171911effect types: noneA different effect setup
#184638effect types: noneA different effect setup
#208202effect types: noneA different effect setup
#209792effect types: noneA 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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