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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

Shadow

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Instant cast15 sec cooldownMedium Range

Causes 75 Shadow damage instantly, but the damage caused will begin healing itself 5 seconds after landing.

Pain Spike

Tooltip

Causes 75 Shadow damage instantly, but the damage caused will begin healing itself 5 seconds after landing.

How it works

Each cast of Pain Spike costs 200 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 75. It scales with 0.429 times spell power.

What it does

Pain Spike is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and a 15 sec cooldown. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 75).

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

SchoolShadow
Cost200 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown15 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 75
Spell power coefficient: 0.429

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 #32026. 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
#24117subtext: Rank 1; school: Physical; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#25572subtext: Rank 1; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#32741no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#32742no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#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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