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Siphon Life

Spell

Siphon Life

Shadow

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Warlock

2 secMedium Range

Transfers 2 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec.

Siphon Life

Tooltip

Transfers 2 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 10 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Siphon Life costs 350 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 53. Its base value is 2 per tick. It scales with 0.1 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec.

What it does

Siphon Life is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 3 sec.

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
Cost350 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast time2 sec
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration10 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 53
Value: 2
Spell power coefficient: 0.1
Period: every 3 sec

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 12 separate Spell records named "Siphon Life". This page is record #35195. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#41597school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 1 minA variant record
#63106used by: Talent: Warlock; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 136; different tooltip textA different owner
#140630cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech, effect 140; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#140631used by: Cast by Siphon Life; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#285141effect types: noneA different effect setup
#325701effect types: noneA different effect setup
#388375effect types: noneA different effect setup
#388454used by: Cast by Siphon Life; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#388676effect types: noneA different effect setup
#452999used by: Talent: Warlock; effect types: noneA different owner
#453000effect 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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