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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)
Maelstrom Weapon

Spell

Maelstrom Weapon

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

When you deal damage with a melee weapon, you have a chance to reduce the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lesser Healing Wave, Chain Heal or Healing Wave spell by 1%.

Maelstrom Weapon

Tooltip

When you deal damage with a melee weapon, you have a chance to reduce the cast time of your next Lightning Bolt, Chain Lightning, Lesser Healing Wave, Chain Heal or Healing Wave spell by 1%. Stacks up to 5 times.

How it works

Its aura has a 15% chance to proc when its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. Its base value is 1. It triggers Maelstrom Weapon.

What it does

Maelstrom Weapon is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Maelstrom Weapon (record #65986).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chance15%
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Value: 1
Trigger spell: Maelstrom Weapon

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 16 separate Spell records named "Maelstrom Weapon". This page is record #65988. 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
#65986used by: Cast by Maelstrom Weapon; duration: 30 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#78152used by: Cast by Maelstrom Weapon; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#78153effect types: noneA different effect setup
#159513effect types: noneA different effect setup
#187880used by: Talent: Shaman; effect types: noneA different owner
#187881used by: Cast by Overcharge; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#187890effect types: noneA different effect setup
#295547effect types: noneA different effect setup
#295548effect types: noneA different effect setup
#344179effect types: noneA different effect setup
#412692effect types: noneA different effect setup
#420263effect 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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