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Mind Flay

Spell

Mind Flay

Shadow

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1.5 secExtended Range

Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 15 Shadow damage over 8 sec and causing them to flee in fear.

Mind Flay

Tooltip

Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 15 Shadow damage over 8 sec and causing them to flee in fear.

How it works

Mind Flay is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15 per tick. It applies the fleeing mechanic. It ticks every 1 sec, 8 times over the full 8 sec (120 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 7. It applies the fleeing mechanic.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 33. Its base value is 60. It applies the fleeing mechanic.

What it does

Mind Flay is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 50 yards and effects that last 8 sec. When cast it applies an aura with the fleeing mechanic every 1 sec and applies an aura with the fleeing 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
Range50 yards (Extended Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Duration8 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15
Mechanic: Fleeing
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 7
Misc value: 1
Mechanic: Fleeing
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 33
Value: 60
Mechanic: Fleeing

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 #277358. 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; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#263117school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#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
#277521school: Shadow, Arcane; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 75, -50, 15 (this record: 15, 0, 60); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#278311cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#284414cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#290402cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#292974cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 75, -50, 15 (this record: 15, 0, 60); 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.

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