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Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy every 2 sec.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

Utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy every 2 sec. for 8 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Word: Pain costs 95 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.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1200 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 4 times over the full 8 sec (4800 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Cost95 Mana
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration8 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1200
Period: every 2 sec

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. 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 51 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Pain". This page is record #72318. 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
#34441duration: 18 secA variant record
#34941duration: 15 secA variant record
#37275duration: 18 secA variant record
#41355duration: 18 secA variant record
#46560duration: 15 secA variant record
#57778duration: 18 secA variant record
#59864no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#60005duration: 18 secA variant record
#60446duration: 15 secA variant record
#65541difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); duration: 15 secA per-difficulty version
#84632duration: 18 secA variant record
#97642duration: 18 secA 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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