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Overload

Spell

Overload

Nature

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Instant cast45 sec cooldownSelf Only

You overload your circuits and damaging you and nearby enemies within 10 yards.

Overload

Tooltip

You overload your circuits and damaging you and nearby enemies within 10 yards. Deals Nature damage to you and all nearby enemies, knocking them back 10 yards.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Overload is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is School Damage (effect type 2).
  3. Effect 3 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. It applies the gripped mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

Overload is a Nature spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 45 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Nature damage in a 10 yard radius, deals Nature damage and has a Knock Back effect with the gripped mechanic 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

SchoolNature
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown45 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2School Damage (2)
Effect #3Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 100
Mechanic: Gripped
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 88 separate Spell records named "Overload". This page is record #54902. 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
#50627used by: Cast by Lightning Channel; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#50645used by: Cast by Lightning Channel; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#50646used by: Cast by Lightning Channel; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#50704used by: Cast by Lightning Charge; school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#51731used by: Cast by Arcane Infusion; school: Arcane; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#51743used by: Cast by Overload; school: Arcane; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#57585used by: Cast by Lightning Infusion; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#61869journal encounter: The Assembly of Iron; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 140, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#61876used by: Cast by Overload; duration: 20 sec; effect types: SummonA helper record another spell casts
#61877duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#61878used by: Cast by Overload; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#63033effect types: School Damage, Knock BackA 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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