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Shadow Word: Pain | |
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Usable by | |
Class | Priest |
Properties | |
Type | Offensive |
School | Shadow |
Casting time | Instant cast |
Cooldown | (GCD 1.5 sec) |
Level required | 3 |
Related debuff | |
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“ | This spell envelopes a target briefly in a cloud of dark energy conjured from the netherworld.
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Shadow Word: Pain is a priest ability learned at level three. It is a Shadow Word - a Shadow-based damage over time spell.
Modified by
- Talents
Holy abilities
Shadow abilities
Notes
- With the shadow specialization, an immense amount of damage can be dealt with Shadow Word: Pain and [Devouring Plague]. Adding [Vampiric Touch] to the mix results in even more damage.
- Shadowy Apparitions and Shadowy Insight are no longer able to trigger from SW:P initial direct damage.
Patch changes
Patch 6.0.2 (14-October-2014): Base mana regeneration rate for Shadow Priest has been increased by 200%, Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch mana costs have been reduced by 50% to compensate.; Shadow Word: Pain’s initial damage is now considered direct damage, not periodic damage.
Patch 5.4.0 (10-Sep-2013): Shadow Word: Pain now deals 25% more damage.
Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Shadow Word: Pain damage done has been decreased by 12%.
Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Shadow Word: Pain now will gain the correct damage modifiers for the creature type of the target.
Patch 2.0.6 (23-Jan-2007): The bonus coefficient for "Shadow Word: Pain" has been reduced by about 9%. This should result in about 5% less damage done by "Shadow Word: Pain" for the typical priest.
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