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Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

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2 secLong Range

The caster causes the victim to feel pain.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

The caster causes the victim to feel pain. Over the next 9 sec the victim will suffer Shadow damage every 3 sec.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 15.5459 per tick. Its area radius is 60 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 3 times over the full 9 sec (46.64 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 9 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 60 yard radius 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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration9 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 15.5459
Radius: 60 yards
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 51 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Pain". This page is record #169827. 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
#134006cast time: instant; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 22.72 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#135509duration: 18 sec; effect values: 4 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#154477journal encounter: Soulbinder Nyami; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#164446cast time: 1 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 3.11 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#169284cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#175801cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176518difficulty rows: Heroic; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#189874cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#195998cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#202896cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 5 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#216514cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 15.55); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#222074cast time: instant; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 15.55); 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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