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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)
Unstable Affliction

Spell

Unstable Affliction

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castMedium Range

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 1050 damage over 18 sec.

Unstable Affliction

Tooltip

Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 1050 damage over 18 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause 1575 damage to the dispeller and silence them for 5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Unstable Affliction costs 400 Mana. 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 175 per tick. It scales with 0.2 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 6 times over the full 18 sec (1050 base in total).

What it does

Unstable Affliction is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 18 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 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

SchoolShadow
Cost400 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration18 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 175
Spell power coefficient: 0.2
Period: every 3 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 34 separate Spell records named "Unstable Affliction". This page is record #34438. 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
#30108subtext: Rank 1; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#31117duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#34439no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#35183used by: Cast by Unstable Affliction Proc; duration: 12 secA helper record another spell casts
#43522subtext: Rank 3; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43523duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#65812difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); subtext: Rank 5; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#65813difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); duration: 5 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#156954journal encounter: Teron'gor; effect types: noneA different caster
#156956effect types: noneA different effect setup
#196364effect types: noneA different effect setup
#211513effect 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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