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Shadow Word: Madness

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Shadow Word: Madness

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Instant castLong Range

A word of madness haunts the target's mind, dealing (261.6% of Spell Power) Shadow damage instantly plus an additional (784.9% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 6 sec.

Shadow Word: Madness

Tooltip

A word of madness haunts the target's mind, dealing (261.6% of Spell Power) Shadow damage instantly plus an additional (784.9% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 6 sec. Heals you of damage dealt.

When reapplied to a target, all remaining damage is added to the new effect.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Word: Madness costs 5000 Insanity. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Shadow Word: Madness is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). It scales with 2.6162 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 53. It scales with 2.6162 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 3 times over the full 6 sec.

What it does

Shadow Word: Madness is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it drains health from the target, applies an aura and applies an aura every 2 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
Cost5000 Insanity
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration6 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Spell power coefficient: 2.6162
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 53
Spell power coefficient: 2.6162
Period: every 2 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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadow Word: Madness appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

  • Effect: Spell power coefficient changed from 2.275 to 2.6162 (patch 12.1.5)
  • Effect: Spell power coefficient changed from 2.275 to 2.6162 (patch 12.1.5)

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 3 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Madness". This page is record #335467. 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
#164452cast time: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#471800school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: none; effect types: School DamageA 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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