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Transfers 10 health every second from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 sec.
How it works
Each cast of Drain Life costs 55 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 53. Its base value is 10 per tick. It scales with 0.078 times spell power. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (50 base in total).
What it does
Drain Life is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.
Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.
Spell Details
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Cost | 55 Mana |
| Range | 20 yards (Short Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 5 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 53 Value: 10 Spell power coefficient: 0.078 Period: every 1 sec |
Raw client values from the Classic Era client, build 1.15.9.70576. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.
Related
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Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 106 separate Spell records named "Drain Life". This page is record #689. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #12693 | duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #16375 | duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #16414 | used by: Cast by Wraith Scythe; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #16608 | used by: Cast by Demon Forged Breastplate; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #17173 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #17238 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #17620 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #18084 | used by: Cast by Fist of the Damned; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #18557 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #18815 | school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; different tooltip text | A variant record |
| #18817 | used by: Cast by Drain Life; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip text | A helper record another spell casts |
| #20743 | different tooltip text | A variant record |
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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