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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)
Overload

Spell

Overload

Nature

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Instant castSelf Only

Focuses all the caster's energy into a single ball of lightning.

Overload

Tooltip

Focuses all the caster's energy into a single ball of lightning. This ball grows for until it finally explodes, dealing 20000 Nature damage to all enemies within 20 yards and knocking them down.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name.

What it does

Overload is a Nature spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Effect 77

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 #63999. 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
#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
#54902subtext: Rank 1; effect types: School Damage, School Damage, Knock Back; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#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 AuraA 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
#63480duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63481duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 140, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#63618school: Arcane; effect types: Instakill, Instakill; 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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