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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Fire

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Unstable Affliction generates 1 Soul Shards if the target dies.

Unstable Affliction

Tooltip

Unstable Affliction generates 1 Soul Shards if the target dies.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Fire 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

SchoolFire
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 1

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 34 separate Spell records named "Unstable Affliction". This page is record #231791. 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
#196364school: Shadow; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#211513school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect values: 0.04 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#233490school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#233496school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#233497school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#233498school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#233499school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#251502school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285142school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 1.35 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#285143school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 1.35 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#285144school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 1.35 (this record: 1); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#285145school: Shadow; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 1.35 (this record: 1); 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.

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