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Mind Flay

Spell

Mind Flay

Shadow

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Instant castTwenty yards

Inflicts Shadow damage on up to 3 enemies and reduces their movement speed for 3 sec.

Mind Flay

Tooltip

Inflicts Shadow damage on up to 3 enemies and reduces their movement speed for 3 sec.

How it works

Mind Flay is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 3 times over the full 3 sec (24 base in total). It jumps to up to 3 targets.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is -50. It jumps to up to 3 targets.

What it does

Mind Flay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec jumping to up to 3 targets and applies an aura jumping to up to 3 targets. The client files the whole spell under the snared mechanic.

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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Duration3 sec
MechanicSnared
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8
Period: every 1 sec
Chain targets: 3
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: -50
Chain targets: 3

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 #22919. 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
#15407used by: Shadow Priest; duration: 4.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different owner
#16568effect values: 100, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17165effect values: 6, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23953duration: 10 sec; effect values: 3, -80 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#26044duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26143duration: 10 sec; effect values: 12.58, -30 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#28310duration: 5 sec; effect values: 7.14, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29407duration: 6 sec; effect values: 11.9, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#29570effect values: 10.85, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#32417effect values: 200, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#35507duration: 4 sec; effect values: 50, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37276effect values: 24.81, -50 (this record: 8, -50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning

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
Effect rows sighted2 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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