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Agony

Spell

Agony

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Inflicts increasing agony on the target, causing up to Shadow damage over 18 sec.

Agony

Tooltip

Inflicts increasing agony on the target, causing up to Shadow damage over 18 sec. Damage starts low and increases over the duration. Refreshing Agony maintains its current damage level.

Agony damage sometimes generates 1 Soul Shard.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 10.

What it does

Agony is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it restores a resource (base value 10).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Energize (30)
Value: 10
Misc value: 7

Raw client values from the current retail game build. 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 14 separate Spell records named "Agony". This page is record #17941. 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
#980used by: Talent: Warlock; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different owner
#114571journal encounter: Lorewalker Stonestep; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#131155cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156925journal encounter: Teron'gor; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#210067no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#231792subtext: Rank 2; school: Fire; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#243299cast time: 2 sec; duration: 10 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251404duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285135duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#350097used by: Cast by Burst of Agony; school: Fire; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#357120school: Physical; duration: 2 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#357121cast time: 3 sec; effect types: School Damage; 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Listed asShadow Trance
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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