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Siphon Essence

Spell

Siphon Essence

Physical

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Instant castTwenty yards

Siphons the Smouldering Essence from the corpse of a powerful creature in the Firelands.

Siphon Essence

Tooltip

Siphons the Smouldering Essence from the corpse of a powerful creature in the Firelands.

How it works

Siphon Essence is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 77, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 101149.

What it does

Siphon Essence is a spell with an instant cast and a range of 20 yards.

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

SchoolPhysical
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Effect 77
Value: 101149

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Siphon Essence appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 26 separate Spell records named "Siphon Essence". This page is record #101384. 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
#70299duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#75755difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; school: Shadow; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#87976used by: Cast by Fire LPAC; effect types: Create Item, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#101140effect types: effect 164, Trigger Spell, Trigger SpellA different effect setup
#101146duration: 8.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 77A different effect setup
#101149effect types: effect 90A different effect setup
#137889duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#139409school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139590duration: 2147483.6 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139622duration: 2147483.6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#139641duration: 2147483.6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#143582effect types: noneA 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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