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Drain Soul

Spell

Drain Soul

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castLong Range

Drains the soul of the target, causing Shadow damage every 2 sec and energizing one Soul Shard after it deals damage twice.

Drain Soul

Tooltip

Drains the soul of the target, causing Shadow damage every 2 sec and energizing one Soul Shard after it deals damage twice. If the target dies and yields experience or honor, 4 Soul Shards are energized. Lasts 12 sec.

If the target is at or below 20% health when Drain Soul deals damage, it deals 100% additional damage and causes all of your other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 60% of their normal periodic damage.

How it works

Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Drain Soul is built from 7 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (6 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 69. Its base value is 1.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 20.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. Its base value is 1 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (6 base in total). It triggers Soul Shard.
  5. Effect 5 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 60.
  6. Effect 6 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 100.
  7. Effect 7 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 4.

What it does

Drain Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Soul Shard.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration12 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 1
Period: every 2 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 69
Value: 1
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 20
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Value: 1
Misc value: 7
Period: every 2 sec
Trigger spell: Soul Shard
Effect #5Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 60
Effect #6Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 100
Effect #7Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 4

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70631. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

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