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Shadowflame

Spell

Shadowflame

FireShadow

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Warlock

2 secMedium Range

Burns the enemy for Shadowflame damage and then an additional Shadowflame damage over 15 sec.

Shadowflame

Tooltip

Burns the enemy for Shadowflame damage and then an additional Shadowflame damage over 15 sec.

Shadowflame triggers and benefits from all effects that modify or interact with Immolate, or with Affliction, Destruction, Fire, or Shadow spells, but only one of Immolate or Shadowflame per Warlock can be active on any target. In addition, Shadowflame can trigger your Improved Shadow Bolt talent and causes it to have 26 additional charges.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

Shadowflame is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 173. It scales with 0.2 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 64 per tick. It scales with 0.13 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (320 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 100.

What it does

Shadowflame is a Fire and Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it deals Fire and Shadow damage (base value 173) and applies an aura every 3 sec.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolFire, Shadow
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration15 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 173
Spell power coefficient: 0.2
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 64
Spell power coefficient: 0.13
Period: every 3 sec
Effect #3Effect 77
Value: 100

Raw client values from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70532. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Sounds

Shadowflame sounds

The sounds the game plays when Shadowflame is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.

Precast Shadow LowSoundKit 745

  1. Precastshadowmagiclow6.6s · ID 569424 · spells
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560

  1. Shadowcast0.8s · ID 569766 · spells/cast
    MP3iPhoneDiscordOriginal

Joined in the WoW Forever beta client: spell visual, then visual kit, then SoundKit, then the sound file. Browse every game sound in the sound archive.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 28 separate Spell records named "Shadowflame". This page is record #426320. 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
#155273effect types: noneA different effect setup
#169010effect types: noneA different effect setup
#196195effect types: noneA different effect setup
#200608effect types: noneA different effect setup
#205181effect types: noneA different effect setup
#215709effect types: noneA different effect setup
#336144effect types: noneA different effect setup
#384069used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner
#421744used by: Cast by Dream Rend; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#428397effect types: noneA different effect setup
#429734effect types: noneA different effect setup
#432580effect 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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