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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)
Fireball

Spell

Fireball

Fire

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Mage

2 secMedium-Long Range

Hurls a fiery ball that causes 273 to 333 Fire damage and an additional 75 damage over 10 sec.

Fireball

Tooltip

Hurls a fiery ball that causes 273 to 333 Fire damage and an additional 75 damage over 10 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Fireball costs 45 Mana. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 273.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 5 times over the full 10 sec (75 base in total).

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 35 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 273) and applies an aura every 2 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
Cost45 Mana
Range35 yards (Medium-Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration10 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 273
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15
Period: every 2 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 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #21162. 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
#20692cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20714duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20793cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20797cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20808cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20811cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20815cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#20823cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21072cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21159used by: Cast by Sulfuron Hammer; duration: 8 secA helper record another spell casts
#21402cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#21549cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; 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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