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Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

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Instant castMedium Range

Utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy every 3 sec.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

Utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy every 3 sec. for 15 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 450 per tick. Its area radius is 45 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (2250 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 45 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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 450
Radius: 45 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 #224089. 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
#169284effect values: 22 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#169827cast time: 2 sec; duration: 9 sec; effect values: 15.55 (this record: 450); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#175801duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176518difficulty rows: Heroic; duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#189874effect values: 22 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#195998duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#202896effect values: 5 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#216514effect values: 22 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#222074effect values: 22 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#222322effect values: 0 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#242673effect values: 8.96 (this record: 450)Different tuning
#262387effect values: 75 (this record: 450)Different 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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