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Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

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Instant castMedium Range

A word of darkness that causes 14.2537 Shadow damage over 18 sec.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

A word of darkness that causes 14.2537 Shadow damage over 18 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Word: Pain costs 470 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 2.3756 per tick. It scales with 0.167 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 6 times over the full 18 sec (14.25 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 18 sec. When cast it 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
Cost470 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration18 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2.3756
Spell power coefficient: 0.167
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 #27605. 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
#15654duration: 15 sec; effect values: 2.5 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17146duration: 15 sec; effect values: 72 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#19776duration: 15 sec; effect values: 22 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23268duration: 15 sec; effect values: 72 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#23952effect values: 15 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#24212effect values: 6.99 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30854effect values: 18.6 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#30898effect values: 18.6 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#34441effect values: 4.28 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#34941duration: 15 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#37275effect values: 43.41 (this record: 2.38); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#41355effect values: 11.78 (this record: 2.38); 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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