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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)
Firebolt

Spell

Firebolt

Fire

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Mage

Instant cast8 sec cooldownMedium Range

Blasts a target for 40 to 56 Fire damage.

Firebolt

Tooltip

Blasts a target for 40 to 56 Fire damage.

How it works

Each cast of Firebolt costs 80 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 40.

What it does

Firebolt is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and an 8 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 40).

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
Cost80 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown8 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 40

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 65 separate Spell records named "Firebolt". This page is record #23267. 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
#13441used by: Cast by Orb of FireA helper record another spell casts
#13442cast time: 3 secA variant record
#18083used by: Cast by Galgann's FirehammerA helper record another spell casts
#18086cast time: 3 secA variant record
#18112used by: Cast by Ashbringer; cast time: 3 secA helper record another spell casts
#18833used by: Talent: WarriorA different owner
#20801cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30050cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#30180cast time: 1.5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#36227cast time: 2 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#36905cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#36906cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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