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Drain

Spell

Drain

Fire

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

The caster channels fel magic through their weapon, inflicting 201.512 Fire damage to all players of their target over 6 sec.

Drain

Tooltip

The caster channels fel magic through their weapon, inflicting 201.512 Fire damage to all players of their target over 6 sec.
Every time the victim is damaged in this way, they lose 10% of their maximum health for 20 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 33.5854 per tick. Its area radius is 8 yards. It ticks every 1 sec, 6 times over the full 6 sec (201.51 base in total).

What it does

Drain is a Fire spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura in an 8 yard radius every 1 sec.

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

SchoolFire
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 33.5854
Radius: 8 yards
Period: every 1 sec

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Drain appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 32 separate Spell records named "Drain". This page is record #247739. 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
#202716school: Physical; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#202717used by: Cast by Drain; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#212568journal encounter: Gul'dan; school: Shadow; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 21 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 203, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different caster
#214427school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 12 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#215482school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech, Weapon % Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#216433used by: Cast by Drain; school: Nature; duration: 20 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#216435school: Nature; duration: 20 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 33.59); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#222487school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222488school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#247742school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect values: -10 (this record: 33.59); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#266173school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 33.59)Different tuning
#267237school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 33.59); different tooltip textDifferent 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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