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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Pain Spike

Spell

Pain Spike

Physical

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Healing temporary damage inflicted by Pain Spike.

Pain Spike

Tooltip

Healing temporary damage inflicted by Pain Spike.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 8. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (5 base in total).

What it does

Pain Spike is a spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolPhysical
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 8
Value: 1
Period: every 1 sec

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 14 separate Spell records named "Pain Spike". This page is record #24117. 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
#25572school: Shadow; different tooltip textA variant record
#32026school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32741school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#32742school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#128052effect types: noneA different effect setup
#132728effect types: noneA different effect setup
#312078journal encounter: N'Zoth the Corruptor; effect types: noneA different caster
#314784effect types: noneA different effect setup
#320269effect types: noneA different effect setup
#320299effect types: noneA different effect setup
#335680effect types: noneA different effect setup
#348796effect 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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