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Drain

Spell

Drain

Physical

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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

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 133. Its base value is -10.

What it does

Drain is a spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 20 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 10 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

SchoolPhysical
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration20 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks10
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 133
Value: -10
Misc value: 1

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 32 separate Spell records named "Drain". This page is record #247742. 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
#202716duration: 6 sec; effect types: Persistent Area Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#202717used by: Cast by Drain; 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; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#216435school: Nature; effect values: 0 (this record: -10); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#222487school: Shadow; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#222488duration: none; effect types: effect 140A different effect setup
#247739journal encounter: Pit Lord Vilemus; school: Fire; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 33.59 (this record: -10); different tooltip textA different caster
#266173duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: -10)Different tuning
#267237duration: 3 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: -10); 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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