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Pain Spike

Spell

Pain Spike

Shadow

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2 secVision Range (AOI)

The caster blasts the target with an intense burst of Shadow energies for 40 Shadow damage.

Pain Spike

Tooltip

The caster blasts the target with an intense burst of Shadow energies for 40 Shadow damage. The victim then heals for 20 over 6 sec.

How it works

Pain Spike is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 40.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 8. Its base value is 10 per tick. It ticks every 3 sec, 2 times over the full 6 sec (20 base in total).

What it does

Pain Spike is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 40) and applies an aura every 3 sec.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast time2 sec
Duration6 sec
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 40
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 8
Value: 10
Period: every 3 sec

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 14 separate Spell records named "Pain Spike". This page is record #320269. 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
#25572subtext: Rank 1; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#32026cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32741cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32742cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128052school: Physical; cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#132728cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#312078journal encounter: N'Zoth the Corruptor; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different caster
#314784duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#320299cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#335680duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#348796duration: 10 sec; effect values: 8, 2 (this record: 40, 10)Different tuning
#355887duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; 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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