Spell

Consume Essence

Shadow

Instant castTower 100

Consumes the essence of targets, inflicting Shadow damage and gaining damage done.

Consume Essence

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 79. Its base value is 1.

What it does

Consume Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 1 min. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 100 times.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

School	Shadow
Range	100 yards (Tower 100)
Cast time	Instant
Duration	1 min
Dispel type	Dispel type id 1
Proc chance	Always
Max stacks	100
Effect #1	Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 79 Value: 1 Misc value: 127

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 28 separate Spell records named "Consume Essence". This page is record #308428. 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
#196877	school: Arcane; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 1); different tooltip text	Different tuning
#196882	used by: Cast by Consume Essence; school: Arcane; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip text	A helper record another spell casts
#245727	duration: 10 sec; effect values: 27.99 (this record: 1); different tooltip text	Different tuning
#267459	difficulty rows: Heroic; journal encounter: Vol'zith the Whisperer; cast time: 10 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 136; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#267809	difficulty rows: Heroic; cast time: 10 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 136; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#283516	cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 134; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#284889	used by: Cast by Consume Essence; school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 1)	A helper record another spell casts
#284891	effect types: effect 164	A different effect setup
#285427	difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic; journal encounter: Uu'nat, Harbinger of the Void; cast time: 12 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 136; different tooltip text	A per-difficulty version
#294665	cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#308409	cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: Weapon % Damage; different tooltip text	A different effect setup
#308418	effect values: -5 (this record: 1)	Different tuning

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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Consume Essence

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