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The Big One

Spell

The Big One

Fire

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3 secShorter Range

Inflicts 400 Fire damage and stuns targets for 5 sec in a 10 yard radius.

The Big One

Tooltip

Inflicts 400 Fire damage and stuns targets for 5 sec in a 10 yard radius. Any damage will break the effect.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. The aura is spent after 2 procs.

The Big One is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 400. Its area radius is 10 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 12. Its base value is 5. It applies the incapacitated mechanic. Its area radius is 10 yards.

What it does

The Big One is a Fire spell with a 3 sec cast, a range of 15 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it deals Fire damage (base value 400) in a 10 yard radius and applies an aura with the incapacitated mechanic in a 10 yard radius. The client files the whole spell under the stunned mechanic.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire
Range15 yards (Shorter Range)
Cast time3 sec
Duration5 sec
MechanicStunned
Proc chanceAlways
Proc charges2
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 400
Radius: 10 yards
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 12
Value: 5
Mechanic: Incapacitated
Radius: 10 yards

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

The Big One sounds

The sounds the game plays when The Big One is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

SPELL_Fire_PreCastLow_LoopSoundKit 702

  1. Precastfirelow5.1s · ID 569045 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

GougeSoundKit 3313

  1. Gougetarget0.3s · ID 568415 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

DynamiteExplodeSoundKit 4100

  1. Dynamiteexplode2.2s · ID 569406 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

How to learn

Items that grant this spell

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 17 separate Spell records named "The Big One". This page is record #12562. 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
#12754used by: Engineering; school: Physical; cast time: 12.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Create ItemA different owner
#253394used by: Cast by The Big One; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#253395used by: Cast by Communing with Jani; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#268258used by: Cast by The Big One; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#268259used by: Cast by Communing with Jani; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#275637effect types: noneA different effect setup
#406527effect types: noneA different effect setup
#406557used by: Cast by The Big One; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#406681used by: Cast by The Big One; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#406687effect types: noneA different effect setup
#406691effect types: noneA different effect setup
#407035used by: Cast by The Big One; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts

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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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