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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)
Tidal Wave

Spell

Tidal Wave

Frost

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Instant castSelf Only

Surge through enemies in a line.

Tidal Wave

Tooltip

Surge through enemies in a line. Deals inflicts 9250 to 10750 Frost damage knocking them back.

How it works

Tidal Wave is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 9250. Its area radius is 40 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 40 yards.

What it does

Tidal Wave is a Frost spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Frost damage (base value 9250) in a 40 yard radius and has a Knock Back effect in a 40 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

SchoolFrost
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 9250
Radius: 40 yards
Effect #2Knock Back (98)
Value: 150
Misc value: 150
Radius: 40 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 44 separate Spell records named "Tidal Wave". This page is record #62936. 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
#37730cast time: 2 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59627school: Physical; cast time: 0.2 sec; duration: 5 min; effect types: Summon; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59635school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#62652school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#62653journal encounter: Freya; school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, effect 149; different tooltip textA different caster
#62654no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#62655school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#62934school: Physical; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#62935school: Physical; cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Dummy, effect 149; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68249effect types: noneA different effect setup
#73492school: Physical; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#147820effect 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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