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Shadowfiend

Spell

Shadowfiend

Shadow

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Priest

Instant cast5 min cooldownMedium Range

Creates a shadowy fiend to attack the target.

Shadowfiend

Tooltip

Creates a shadowy fiend to attack the target. Caster receives 5% mana when the Shadowfiend attacks. Damage taken by area of effect attacks is reduced. Lasts 15 sec.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Summon (effect type 28).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers spell id 41967.

What it does

Shadowfiend is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards, a 5 min cooldown and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it summons a creature.

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
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown5 min
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Effect #1Summon (28)
Misc value: 19668, 6864
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell id 41967

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Shadowfiend appears in: 3 talents and 1 spell that casts it.

Talents

  • Shadowfiend for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow)Talent
  • Shadowfiend for Priest (Discipline, Holy, Shadow) (definition #139619)Talent
  • Shadowfiend (a talent definition no current talent tree places)Talent

Spells that cast it

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

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 5 separate Spell records named "Shadowfiend". This page is record #34433. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#132603effect types: noneA different effect setup
#172884effect types: noneA different effect setup
#398367effect types: noneA different effect setup
#1280172effect 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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