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Shadowburn

Spell

Shadowburn

FireShadow

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Warlock

Instant castLong Range

Blasts a target for (496.8% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage.

Shadowburn

Tooltip

Blasts a target for (496.8% of Spell Power) Shadowflame damage. Only usable on enemies that have less than 20% health.

Restores 1 Soul Shard and removes its cooldown if the target dies within 5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Shadowburn costs 10 Soul Shards. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

Shadowburn is built from 5 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). It scales with 4.968 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 15.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 50.
  4. Effect 4 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 20.
  5. Effect 5 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Shadowburn.

What it does

Shadowburn is a Fire and Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 40 yards. When cast it deals Fire and Shadow damage. It also casts Shadowburn (record #1311913).

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

SchoolFire, Shadow
Cost10 Soul Shards
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Spell power coefficient: 4.968
Chain targets: 1
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 15
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 50
Effect #4Dummy (3)
Value: 20
Effect #5Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Shadowburn

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?

Shadowburn appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Shadowburn for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)Talent
  • Shadowburn for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction) (definition #120960)Talent

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Build history

this spell Changelog

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Shadowburn". This page is record #17877. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#29341effect types: Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#131792school: Shadow; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#245731effect types: Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#295422duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1245363effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1245405duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1311913used by: Cast by Shadowburn; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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.

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 sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data
Reagents sighted1 reagent rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 20 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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