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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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2 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts Fire damage to an enemy.

Fireball

Tooltip

Inflicts Fire damage to an enemy.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 2550. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Fireball is a Fire spell with a 2 sec cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 2550) in a 10 yard radius.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 2550
Radius: 10 yards

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?

Fireball appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Illidan Stormrage in Black Temple
    Journal section: Stage Two: Flames of Azzinoth > Illidan Stormrage
    Encounter creatures: Illidan StormrageRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 273 separate Spell records named "Fireball". This page is record #40598. 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
#36920cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, effect 77A different effect setup
#36971no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#37111no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#37329cast time: 3 secA variant record
#37463cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#38641cast time: instantA variant record
#38824cast time: instantA variant record
#39267cast time: 3 secA variant record
#40554cast time: 3 secA variant record
#40877duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#41383cast time: instantA variant record
#41484cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; 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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