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Pain and Suffering

Spell

Pain and Suffering

Physical

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Priest

Instant castSelf Only

Increases the damage of Shadow Word: Pain by 8% and increases its duration by 2 sec.

Pain and Suffering

Tooltip

Increases the damage of Shadow Word: Pain by 8% and increases its duration by 2 sec.

How it works

Pain and Suffering is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 8.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 8.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 107. Its base value is 2000.

What it does

Pain and Suffering is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 8
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 8
Misc value: 22
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 107
Value: 2000
Misc value: 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Pain and Suffering appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Pain and Suffering". This page is record #390689. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#72133school: Shadow; cast time: 0.5 sec; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Dummy, School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#74115school: Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0, 0, 0 (this record: 8, 8, 2000); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#74116used by: Cast by Pain and Suffering; school: Shadow; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#74117used by: Cast by Pain and Suffering; school: Shadow; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#93581difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#93605school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#93608school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#93609school: Shadow; effect types: Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1215094school: Physical, Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Dummy; 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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