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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Unstable Affliction is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 27. It applies the silenced mechanic.

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 4 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage and applies an aura with the silenced mechanic.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration4 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 27
Misc value: 127
Mechanic: Silenced

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 #285155. 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
#233496duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233497duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233498duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#233499duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#251502cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#285142duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#285143duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#285144duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#285145duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#285146duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#285148cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#334315subtext: Rank 3; duration: none; 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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