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Psychosis

Spell

Psychosis

Shadow

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2.9 secSelf Only

Inflicts 7500 Shadow damage.

Psychosis

Tooltip

Inflicts 7500 Shadow damage. Also reduces Sanity by 9%.

How it works

Psychosis is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 7500. Its area radius is 50000 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 63988. Its area radius is 50000 yards.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 63752. Its area radius is 50000 yards.
  4. Effect 4 is effect type 0, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 63752.

What it does

Psychosis is a Shadow spell with a 2.9 sec cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 7500) in a 50000 yard radius.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast time2.9 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 7500
Radius: 50000 yards
Effect #2Effect 77
Value: 63988
Radius: 50000 yards
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 63752
Radius: 50000 yards
Effect #4Effect 0
Value: 63752

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Psychosis appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Yogg-Saron in Ulduar
    Journal section: Stage Two: Descent Into Madness > Sara
    Encounter creatures: Yogg-SaronRaid boss ability

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Psychosis". This page is record #63795. 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
#50396school: Nature; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#65301cast time: 1 sec; different tooltip textA variant record

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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