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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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Warlock

1.5 secLong Range

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 7 damage over 14 sec.

Unstable Affliction

Tooltip

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 7 damage over 14 sec.

If the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause 8 damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec. This damage always critically strikes.

How it works

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.

Unstable Affliction is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1 per tick. It scales with 0.29 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 7 times over the full 14 sec (7 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 7 times over the full 14 sec (7 base in total).

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 14 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 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration14 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 0.29
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 1
Period: every 2 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 34 separate Spell records named "Unstable Affliction". This page is record #30108. 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
#31117cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34438cast time: instant; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34439cast time: instant; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35183used by: Cast by Unstable Affliction Proc; cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#43522subtext: Rank 3; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43523cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#65812difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); subtext: Rank 5; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#65813difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#156954journal encounter: Teron'gor; effect types: noneA different caster
#156956effect types: noneA different effect setup
#196364effect types: noneA different effect setup
#211513effect types: noneA 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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