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Shadow Word: Pain
Shadow
PriestA word of darkness that causes Shadow damage instantly, and an additional Shadow damage over 16 sec.
Tooltip
A word of darkness that causes Shadow damage instantly, and an additional Shadow damage over 16 sec.
Generates 3 Insanity.
How it works
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.
Shadow Word: Pain is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 0.168 times spell power.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. It scales with 0.1246 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 8 times over the full 16 sec.
- Effect 3 is Energize (effect type 30). Its base value is 300.
- Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 269.
What it does
Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 16 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage, applies an aura every 2 sec, restores a resource (base value 300) and applies an aura.
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 40 yards (Long Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 16 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | School Damage (2) Spell power coefficient: 0.168 |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 3 Spell power coefficient: 0.1246 Period: every 2 sec |
| Effect #3 | Energize (30) Value: 300 Misc value: 13 |
| Effect #4 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 269 Misc value: 127 |
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 skill line.
Skill lines
- Priest, learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 51 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Pain". This page is record #589. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #11639 | duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #15654 | duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #17146 | duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #19776 | duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #23268 | duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #23952 | duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #24212 | duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #27605 | subtext: Rank 8; duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different rank or variant |
| #30854 | duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #30898 | duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #34441 | duration: 18 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #34941 | duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A 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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