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Shadow Word: Bane

Spell

Shadow Word: Bane

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Expels a word of misery upon multiple targets, inflicting 100000 Shadow damage every 3 sec for 18 sec.

Shadow Word: Bane

Tooltip

Expels a word of misery upon multiple targets, inflicting 100000 Shadow damage every 3 sec for 18 sec. Each time this effect deals damage, it will jump to an additional target, up to a total of 3 times.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Shadow Word: Bane is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 3.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 100000 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 6 times over the full 18 sec (600000 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Word: Bane is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 18 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 3 sec.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration18 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 3
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 100000
Period: every 3 sec

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Bane". This page is record #143434. 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
#143438school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143443school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143446cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#143879school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA 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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