Shadow Word: Pain
From WoWWiki
| Shadow Word: Pain | |
|---|---|
| Usable By | |
| Class | Priest |
| Properties | |
| Type | Offensive |
| School | Shadow |
| Cooldown | None/Global Cooldown |
| Talents | |
| Improvement Talents | Improved Shadow Word: Pain, Shadow Affinity, Shadow Weaving, Shadow Reach, Darkness, Misery, Mental Agility |
| Other Information | |
| Ranks | 10 |
| Related Buff | |
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- This spell envelopes a target briefly in a cloud of dark energy conjured from the netherworld.WoWRPG 336
Shadow Word: Pain is Shadow based damage over time spell. It is often considered the strongest DoT in the game.
| Rank | Level | Mana cost | Damage | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 25 | 30 | 1
|
| 2 | 10 | 50 | 66 | 3
|
| 3 | 18 | 95 | 132 | 20
|
| 4 | 26 | 155 | 234 | 54
|
| 5 | 34 | 230 | 366 | 1 8
|
| 6 | 42 | 305 | 510 | 1 98
|
| 7 | 50 | 385 | 672 | 2 70
|
| 8 | 58 | 470 | 852 | 3 96
|
| 9 | 65 | 510 | 1002 | 7 20
|
| 10 | 70 | 575 | 1236 | 12 60
|
[edit] Notes
- Shadow Word: Pain recieves 110% of your shadow damage
- The Absolution Regalia (2) Set increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain ability by 3 sec. (1 "tick")
[edit] Tips and tactics
- If you are an Undead Priest, you can deal an immense amount of damage with just Shadow Word: Pain and Devouring Plague. If you also happen to be Shadow spec, you can add Vampiric Touch to the mix for even more damage.
[edit] Damage Formula
The formula below is based on the real base spell value listed in the table above. The value listed in the tooltip includes bonuses from the darkness talent and the Improved Shadow Word: Pain talent, but not the misery talent. To convert the listed damage back to the original value, use this mouthful of a conversion formula
- Real_base_damage = (Listed_base_damage * (18/(18+Improved_SW_Pain_duration_bonus)) ) / (1+Darkness)
The damage formula itself looks like this
- Damage = (Real_base_damage + (1.1 * Shadowdamage * Downrank_factor )) * (1 + Misery + Darkness) * ((18+Improved_SW_Pain_duration_bonus)/18)
- Damage_per_tick = Damage / ((18/3)
A lvl 70 priest with full talents and 1000 spell damage will deal (max damage)
- Damage = (1236 + (1.1 * 1000 * 1.0 )) * (1 + 0.05 + 0.10) * ((18+6)/18) = 3581 damage
- Damage_per_tick = 3581 / 6 = 597
Additional talents like Shadow Weaving will indirectly boost this damage much further.
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