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Soul Drain

Spell

Soul Drain

Shadow

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2 secLong Range

Immobilizes an enemy for 5 sec.

Soul Drain

Tooltip

Immobilizes an enemy for 5 sec. and drains 35 health, transferring it to the caster.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Soul Drain is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 35. It scales with 1 times spell power. It jumps to up to 5 targets.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. It jumps to up to 5 targets.

What it does

Soul Drain is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it drains health from the target (base value 35) jumping to up to 5 targets and applies an aura jumping to up to 5 targets.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 35
Spell power coefficient: 1
Chain targets: 5
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Chain targets: 5

Raw client values from the MoP Classic client, build 5.5.4.70531. 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 22 separate Spell records named "Soul Drain". This page is record #7295. 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
#41303journal encounter: Reliquary of Souls; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#93863difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#230992effect types: noneA different effect setup
#250486effect types: noneA different effect setup
#250504effect types: noneA different effect setup
#254858effect types: noneA different effect setup
#266467effect types: noneA different effect setup
#278871effect types: noneA different effect setup
#281129effect types: noneA different effect setup
#281131effect types: noneA different effect setup
#319891effect types: noneA different effect setup
#323790effect 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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