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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 1.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 27. It applies the silenced mechanic.

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 1) and applies an aura with the silenced mechanic.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration4 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 1
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 27
Mechanic: Silenced

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 34 separate Spell records named "Unstable Affliction". This page is record #31117. 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
#30108cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 14 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34438duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34439duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35183used by: Cast by Unstable Affliction Proc; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#43522subtext: Rank 3; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43523duration: 5 secA variant record
#65812difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); subtext: Rank 5; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#65813difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); duration: 5 sec; 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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