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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)
Steam Blast

Spell

Steam Blast

Fire

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1.5 secTen yards

Deals 875 to 1125 Fire damage to an enemy, knocking it back.

Steam Blast

Tooltip

Deals 875 to 1125 Fire damage to an enemy, knocking it back.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Steam Blast is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 875.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 200.

What it does

Steam Blast is a Fire spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 10 yards. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 875) and has a Knock Back effect.

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
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast time1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 875
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 200

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 18 separate Spell records named "Steam Blast". This page is record #50375. 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
#52531cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#59141cast time: instant; different tooltip textA variant record
#66203difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Knock Back, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#93655effect types: noneA different effect setup
#128408effect types: noneA different effect setup
#147863effect types: noneA different effect setup
#157971effect types: noneA different effect setup
#157974effect types: noneA different effect setup
#157975effect types: noneA different effect setup
#160431used by: Cast by Steam Blast; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#173169effect types: noneA different effect setup
#216194effect 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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