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Mind Flay

Spell

Mind Flay

Shadow

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Priest

Instant castTower 100

Inflicts Shadow damage to an enemy over 4 sec.

Mind Flay

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage to an enemy over 4 sec. The victim has their movement speed reduced and flees in fear for the duration.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Mind Flay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 4 sec. 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
Range100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Chain targets: 1

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 110 separate Spell records named "Mind Flay". This page is record #196509. 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
#183324duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#189873duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193473duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#193635school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#196508cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#201520duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#202894duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203037duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203313duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#203375duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#208697difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Il'gynoth, Heart of Corruption; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 36.94 (this record: 0); different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#216513duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, 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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