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Siphon Essence

Spell

Siphon Essence

Physical

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Instant castLong Range

Siphons the life essence from the target.

Siphon Essence

Tooltip

Siphons the life essence from the target.

How it works

Siphon Essence is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Siphon Essence.
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Siphon Essence.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Siphon Essence is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 2147483.6 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Siphon Essence (record #139622) and Siphon Essence (record #139641).

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration2147483.6 sec
Effect #1Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Siphon Essence
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Siphon Essence
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 26 separate Spell records named "Siphon Essence". This page is record #139590. 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
#87976used by: Cast by Fire LPAC; duration: none; effect types: Create Item, DummyA helper record another spell casts
#101140duration: none; effect types: effect 164, Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#101146used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; duration: 8.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 77; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#101149duration: none; effect types: effect 90A different effect setup
#101384used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 77; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#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
#139622used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#139641used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; effect types: Apply AuraA helper record another spell casts
#143582effect types: noneA different effect setup
#174964effect types: noneA different effect setup
#186470effect 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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