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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 30000 damage over 10 sec.

Unstable Affliction

Tooltip

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 30000 damage over 10 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause 4625 to 5375 damage to the dispeller and silence them for 4 sec.

How it works

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 6000 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 5 times over the full 10 sec (30000 base in total).

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 10 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 6000
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 34 separate Spell records named "Unstable Affliction". This page is record #43522. 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
#31117duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34438duration: 18 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#34439duration: 18 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#35183used by: Cast by Unstable Affliction Proc; duration: 12 sec; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#43523duration: 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; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#65813difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); 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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