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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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1.5 secLong Range

Afflicts the target with 5.4 Shadow damage over 8 sec.

Unstable Affliction

Tooltip

Afflicts the target with 5.4 Shadow damage over 8 sec. You may afflict a target with up to 5 Unstable Afflictions at once.

You deal 10% increased damage to targets affected by your Unstable Affliction.

If dispelled, deals 5.4 damage to the dispeller and silences them for 4 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Unstable Affliction costs 10 Soul Shards. 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.

Unstable Affliction is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 400.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 5.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 10.

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast and a range of 40 yards. It stacks up to 10 times.

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
Cost10 Soul Shards
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time1.5 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks10
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Value: 400
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 5
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 10

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 #285148. 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
#233496cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233497cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233498cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233499cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251502duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285142cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285143cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285144cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285145cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285146cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285155cast time: instant; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#334315subtext: Rank 3; cast time: instant; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant

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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