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Siphoning Shield

Spell

Siphoning Shield

Shadow

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Instant castSuper Long

Heals the weilder of the weapon for 5% of their life per soul that is absorbed.

Siphoning Shield

Tooltip

Heals the weilder of the weapon for 5% of their life per soul that is absorbed. In 10man difficulty, it heals for 10% per soul.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Siphoning Shield is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is effect type 136, which the datamine does not name.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 5.
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 10.

What it does

Siphoning Shield is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and a range of 150 yards. It stacks up to 99 times.

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
Range150 yards (Super Long)
Cast timeInstant
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks99
Effect #1Effect 136
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 5
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 10

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 15 separate Spell records named "Siphoning Shield". This page is record #118071. 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
#117209used by: Cast by Siphoning Shield; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect types: School Damage, Summon; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#117240school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117716school: Arcane; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#117717duration: 45 sec; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#117736school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117740school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117744school: Physical; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#117754school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117763school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#117781school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118384school: Physical; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#118523school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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