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Instability

Spell

Instability

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Inflicts 20 Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

Instability

Tooltip

Inflicts 20 Shadow damage to nearby enemies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 20. Its area radius is 5 yards.

What it does

Instability is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 20) in a 5 yard radius.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 20
Radius: 5 yards

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Instability appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 22 separate Spell records named "Instability". This page is record #443847. 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
#213670school: Fire; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#213673school: Fire; effect values: 0.06 (this record: 20); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#216472used by: Cast by Item - Warlock T18 Affliction 4P Bonus; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#227250school: Arcane; duration: 80 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#227251school: Arcane; effect values: 0 (this record: 20)Different tuning
#302210school: Arcane; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#302216school: Arcane; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#333558used by: Cast by [DNT] Transform Ping; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#346296school: Physical; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#362447journal encounter: Lihuvim, Principal Architect; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#362584school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; different tooltip textA variant record
#443854duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; 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.

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