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A word of darkness that causes 30 Shadow damage over 18 sec.
How it works
Each cast of Shadow Word: Pain costs 25 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5 per tick. It scales with 0.067 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 6 times over the full 18 sec (30 base in total).
What it does
Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 18 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec.
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell Details
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Cost | 25 Mana |
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 18 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 3 Value: 5 Spell power coefficient: 0.067 Period: every 3 sec |
Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Shadow Word: Pain appears in: 1 skill line.
Skill lines
- Priest, learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 51 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Pain". This page is record #589. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #11639 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #15654 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #17146 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #19776 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #23268 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #23952 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #24212 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #27605 | subtext: Rank 8 | A different rank or variant |
| #30854 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #30898 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #34441 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #34941 | effect types: none | A 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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