Get information about a spell.

name, rank, icon, cost, isFunnel, powerType, castTime, minRange, maxRange 
= GetSpellInfo(spellId or spellName or spellLink)

Arguments Edit

(spellId or spellName or spellLink

spellId 

Integer - The global spell number, found on wowhead or through COMBAT_LOG_EVENT.

spellName 

String - The Name of the spell.

spellLink 

String - The formatted link to the spell [Note: this appears to be broken, see Discussion page]

Returns Edit

name, rank, icon, cost, isFunnel, powerType, castTime, minRange, maxRange

name 

String - The name of the spell.

rank 

String - The rank of the spell. Returns as an empty string if there is no rank.

Returns a list of stances for warrior abilities.

icon 

String - The interface path to the icon texture.

cost 

Number - The cost of the spell in Mana/Rage/Energy/Focus.

isFunnel 

Boolean - Returns true if the spell is a health funnel effect. Returns false 99% of the time.

powerType 

Number - The power type required:

• -2 for Health
• 0 for Mana
• 1 for Rage
• 2 for Focus (hunter pets)
• 3 for Energy
• 4 for Happiness
• 5 for Rune
• 6 for Runic Power

castTime 

Number - The cast time, in milliseconds.

minRange 

Number - The minimum range of the spell.

maxRange 

Number - The maximum range of the spell.

Details Edit

ArgumentsEdit

Using spellId as the argument will always return the info. Using spellName or spellLink will only return the info if the spell is in your spellbook. Otherwise it will return nil.

isFunnelEdit

Currently the only spells isFunnel returns true on are a warlock's Health Funnel spells, and a few other miscellaneous NPC spells.

PowerTypeEdit

It is unknown at this point, but unlikely, that Happyness (PowerType 4) is passed as a spell cost.