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WarlockTooltip
Taunts all enemies, increasing the chance that they will attack the Voidwalker.
How it works
Each cast of Suffering costs 150 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown.
- Effect 1 is Threat (effect type 63). Its base value is 150. Its area radius is 10 yards.
What it does
Suffering is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 2 min cooldown. When cast it changes threat in a 10 yard radius.
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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Cost | 150 Mana |
| Range | Self Only |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Cooldown | 2 min |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Effect #1 | Threat (63) Value: 150 Radius: 10 yards |
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.
Suffering sounds
The sounds the game plays when Suffering is cast and lands, straight from the client. Press play, or open a kit for every file and the download formats.
SPELL_Shadow_CastSoundKit 2560
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.
Used by
Where is this spell used?
Suffering appears in: 2 skill lines.
Skill lines
- Pet - Voidwalker, learned automaticallySkill line
- Voidlord, learned automaticallySkill line
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Pet - Voidwalker spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 21 separate Spell records named "Suffering". This page is record #17735. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #50330 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #109959 | used by: Cast by Item - Dragon Soul Legendary Daggers; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #295410 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #295413 | used by: Cast by Insidious Gift; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #297586 | journal encounter: The Queen's Court; effect types: none | A different caster |
| #329383 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #349890 | journal encounter: Remnant of Ner'zhul; effect types: none | A different caster |
| #349891 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #350168 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #350337 | used by: Cast by Suffering; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
| #350894 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #350929 | used by: Cast by Suffering; effect types: none | A helper record another spell casts |
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
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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
Comments
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