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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)
Fire Ward

Spell

Fire Ward

Fire

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Mage

Instant cast30 sec cooldownSelf Only

Absorbs 470 Fire damage.

Fire Ward

Tooltip

Absorbs 470 Fire damage. Lasts 30 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 470.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 74.

What it does

Fire Ward is a Fire spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster), a 30 sec cooldown and effects that last 30 sec. 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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown30 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 470
Misc value: 4
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 74
Misc value: 4

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.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 4 separate Spell records named "Fire Ward". This page is record #8458. 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
#15041duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#37844effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#83744effect types: noneA different effect setup
#320813effect 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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