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Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

A word of darkness that causes 3.88648 Shadow damage instantly, and an additional 1.36027 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

A word of darkness that causes 3.88648 Shadow damage instantly, and an additional 1.36027 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec. over 9 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 3.8865.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1.3603 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 6 times over the full 9 sec (8.16 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 3.8865) and applies an aura every 1.5 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration9 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 3.8865
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1.3603
Period: every 1.5 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: Pain appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 51 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Pain". This page is record #154477. 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
#97642duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#134006duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#135509cast time: 2 sec; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#164446cast time: 1 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#169284duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#169827cast time: 2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#175801effect values: 300, 150 (this record: 3.89, 1.36)Different tuning
#176518difficulty rows: Heroic; effect values: 5.83, 2.91 (this record: 3.89, 1.36)A per-difficulty version
#189874duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#195998duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#202896duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216514duration: 15 sec; effect types: 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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