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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)
Surge of Power

Spell

Surge of Power

Arcane

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3 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Fires a beam of pure magic at an enemy, dealing 12000 Arcane damage every half second for 3 sec.

Surge of Power

Tooltip

Fires a beam of pure magic at an enemy, dealing 12000 Arcane damage every half second for 3 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 12000 per tick. Its area radius is 50000 yards. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 6 times over the full 3 sec (72000 base in total).

What it does

Surge of Power is an Arcane spell with a 3 sec cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 50000 yard radius every 0.5 sec.

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

SchoolArcane
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time3 sec
Global cooldown1 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration3 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 12000
Radius: 50000 yards
Period: every 0.5 sec

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 13 separate Spell records named "Surge of Power". This page is record #60936. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#56505duration: 5 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#56548used by: Cast by Surge of Power; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#57407no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#60939cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#71601used by: Cast by Item - Icecrown 25 Normal Caster Trinket 1 Base; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#71644used by: Cast by Item - Icecrown 25 Heroic Caster Trinket 1 Base; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#215414effect types: noneA different effect setup
#382628effect types: noneA different effect setup
#385026effect types: noneA different effect setup
#394875journal encounter: The Raging Tempest; effect types: noneA different caster
#400474effect types: noneA different effect setup
#400475effect 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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