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Drains the soul of the target, causing 155 Shadow damage over 15 sec. If the target dies while being drained, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard. Soul Shards are required for other spells.
How it works
Each cast of Drain Soul costs 125 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. The aura is spent after 1 procs.
Drain Soul is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 86. Its base value is 1.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 31 per tick. It scales with 0.1 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (155 base in total).
- Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It scales with 1 times spell power. It triggers Soul Siphon.
What it does
Drain Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 3 sec. It also casts Soul Siphon.
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 | 125 Mana |
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | Instant |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 15 sec |
| Proc charges | 1 |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 86 Value: 1 Item id 6265 |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 3 Value: 31 Spell power coefficient: 0.1 Period: every 3 sec |
| Effect #3 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 42 Spell power coefficient: 1 Trigger spell: Soul Siphon |
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 33 separate Spell records named "Drain Soul". This page is record #8288. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #32862 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #35839 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #60452 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #74402 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #79094 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #129562 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #136378 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #139420 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #161718 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #171893 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #181965 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #182065 | effect types: none | A 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.
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