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Mental Decay

Spell

Mental Decay

Shadow

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Priest

Instant castSelf Only

Increases the damage of Mind Flay by 25%.

Mental Decay

Tooltip

Increases the damage of Mind Flay by 25%.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 25.

What it does

Mental Decay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it applies an aura.

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 #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 25
Misc value: 22

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?

Mental Decay appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 6 separate Spell records named "Mental Decay". This page is record #375994. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#313362cast time: 1 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#313364difficulty rows: Mythic; journal encounter: Carapace of N'Zoth; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Power Burn, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#313391difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#313610journal encounter: N'Zoth the Corruptor; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Power Burn, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#313611difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Servant of N'Zoth; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version

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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