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The Burning CrusadeThe Burning Crusade 2.5.6 · Outland, the Dark Portal and Shattrath · client build 2.5.6.70006Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Shadow Word: Pain

Spell

Shadow Word: Pain

Shadow

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Instant castExtra Long Range

Utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy every 3 sec.

Shadow Word: Pain

Tooltip

Utters a word of darkness, inflicting Shadow damage to an enemy every 3 sec. for 15 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Shadow Word: Pain costs 350 Mana. 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.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 3750 per tick. It scales with 1 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (18750 base in total).

What it does

Shadow Word: Pain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 60 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Cost350 Mana
Range60 yards (Extra Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3750
Spell power coefficient: 1
Period: every 3 sec

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. 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 51 separate Spell records named "Shadow Word: Pain". This page is record #46560. 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
#27605subtext: Rank 8; duration: 18 sec; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#30854duration: 18 secA variant record
#30898duration: 18 secA variant record
#34441duration: 18 secA variant record
#34941duration: 18 secA variant record
#37275duration: 18 secA variant record
#41355duration: 18 secA variant record
#57778effect types: noneA different effect setup
#59864effect types: noneA different effect setup
#60005effect types: noneA different effect setup
#60446effect types: noneA different effect setup
#65541effect types: noneA 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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