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Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

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Instant castMedium Range

Causes random enemies to suffer for 8 Shadow damage over 12 sec.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

Causes random enemies to suffer for 8 Shadow damage over 12 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 2 per tick. Its area radius is 30 yards. It ticks every 3 sec, 4 times over the full 12 sec (8 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 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 30 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
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 2
Radius: 30 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 #435397. 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
#224089duration: 15 sec; effect values: 450 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#242673duration: 15 sec; effect values: 8.96 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#262387duration: 15 sec; effect values: 75 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#284401used by: Cast by Vampiric Touch; duration: 16 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Energize; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#295679duration: 16 sec; effect values: 2.1 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#314107duration: 15 sec; effect values: 3 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#317301duration: 15 sec; effect values: 3 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#318154duration: 16 sec; effect values: 1.1 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#332707duration: 9 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#344714duration: 18 sec; effect values: 3 (this record: 2); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#348604duration: 15 sec; effect values: 10 (this record: 2)Different tuning
#436195used by: Cast by Dying; school: Physical, Shadow; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 1 (this record: 2)A helper record another spell casts

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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