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Surge of Insanity

Spell

Surge of Insanity

Physical

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Priest

Instant castSelf Only

Mind Flay damage increased by 15% and Insanity generation increased by 30%.

Surge of Insanity

Tooltip

Mind Flay damage increased by 15% and Insanity generation increased by 30%.

How it works

Surge of Insanity is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 15.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 108. Its base value is 30.

What it does

Surge of Insanity is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 15
Misc value: 22
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 108
Value: 30
Misc value: 23

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?

Surge of Insanity appears in: 1 talent.

Talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 2 separate Spell records named "Surge of Insanity". This page is record #391399. 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
#409129school: Shadow; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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