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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)
Faerie Fire

Spell

Faerie Fire

Nature

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Instant castMedium Range

Reduces an enemy's armor by 2000 for 1 min.

Faerie Fire

Tooltip

Reduces an enemy's armor by 2000 for 1 min. While affected, the target cannot use stealth or invisibility.

How it works

Each cast of Faerie Fire costs 50 Mana. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 22. Its base value is -2000.

What it does

Faerie Fire is a Nature spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura.

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

SchoolNature
Cost50 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration1 min
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 22
Value: -2000
Misc value: 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 11 separate Spell records named "Faerie Fire". This page is record #21670. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#6950cast time: 2 secA variant record
#13424subtext: Rank 1; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#13752subtext: Rank 2; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#16498cast time: 2 secA variant record
#20656cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#32129cast time: 2 sec; duration: 30 secA variant record
#65863duration: 40 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#373561effect types: noneA different effect setup
#381344effect types: noneA different effect setup
#423010effect 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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