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Mind Flay

Spell

Mind Flay

Shadow

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Instant cast2 sec cooldownSelf Only

Inflicts 8 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reduces movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.

Mind Flay

Tooltip

Inflicts 8 Shadow damage every 1 sec and reduces movement speed by 50% for 3 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 300 yards.

What it does

Mind Flay is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 2 sec cooldown.

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
Cooldown2 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 300 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 110 separate Spell records named "Mind Flay". This page is record #274032. 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
#260182cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#260304cast time: 1 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263117school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#264892duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#271649duration: 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; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#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; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278311duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284414duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#290402duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#292974duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, 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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