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Devour Essence

Spell

Devour Essence

Shadow

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2 secLong Range

Leeches 2 health from the target every 1 sec for 3 sec.

Devour Essence

Tooltip

Leeches 2 health from the target every 1 sec for 3 sec.

How it works

Devour Essence is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 226. It ticks every 0.2 sec, 12 times over the full 3 sec. It triggers Devour Essence.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 1. It triggers Devour Essence.

What it does

Devour Essence is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 3 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 0.2 sec. It also casts Devour Essence (record #333616) and Devour Essence (record #333619).

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

SchoolShadow
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2 sec
Duration3 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 226
Period: every 0.2 sec
Trigger spell: Devour Essence
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Value: 1
Trigger spell: Devour Essence

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 25 separate Spell records named "Devour Essence". This page is record #333612. 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
#251340cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#253102school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Jump; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#253103used by: Cast by Devour Essence; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#299499cast time: 2.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#299504used by: Cast by Devour Essence; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#328864school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: effect 136A different effect setup
#333616used by: Cast by Devour Essence; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#333619used by: Cast by Devour Essence; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#367428used by: Cast by Rending Bite; school: Holy, Nature, Shadow, Arcane; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#394333used by: Cast by Devour Essence; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#394334cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#422277journal encounter: Smolderon; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster

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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