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Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 52.5196 damage over 12 sec.

Unstable Affliction

Tooltip

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 52.5196 damage over 12 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause 78.7793 damage to the dispeller and silence them.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 8.7533 per tick. It scales with 0.2 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (52.52 base in total).

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 8.7533
Spell power coefficient: 0.2
Period: every 2 sec

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?

Unstable Affliction appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 34 separate Spell records named "Unstable Affliction". This page is record #35183. 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
#30108cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#31117duration: none; effect types: Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34438duration: 18 sec; effect values: 0.72 (this record: 8.75)Different tuning
#34439duration: 18 sec; effect values: 2.57 (this record: 8.75)Different tuning
#43522subtext: Rank 3; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 6.79 (this record: 8.75); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43523duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#65812subtext: Rank 5; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect values: 11.9 (this record: 8.75); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#65813duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156954journal encounter: Teron'gor; duration: 14 sec; effect values: 3.5 (this record: 8.75); different tooltip textA different caster
#156956difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic Keystone, Mythic, Timewalking; duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#196364duration: 4 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#211513cast time: 1.5 sec; effect values: 0.04 (this record: 8.75)Different 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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