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Mind Flay

Spell

Mind Flay

Shadow

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1 secTwenty yards

Shadow spell.

Mind Flay

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 a 1 sec cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 9 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
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast time1 sec
Duration9 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

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 #254123. 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
#234696cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#241934cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260182cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#260304duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263117school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#264892cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#271649cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#274019difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Mythrax the Unraveler; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#274032cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277358cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#277521school: Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278311cast time: instant; duration: 6 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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