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Drain

Spell

Drain

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Shadow spell.

Drain

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its area radius is 50 yards.

What it does

Drain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura in a 50 yard radius.

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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Radius: 50 yards

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 #318242. 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
#247742school: Physical; duration: 20 sec; effect values: -10 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#266173school: PhysicalA variant record
#267237school: Physical; duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#308055duration: 5 secA variant record
#322065school: Physical; cast time: 3 sec; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#326077duration: 2 hrA variant record
#326079used by: Cast by Drain; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#329085school: PhysicalA variant record
#330746no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#334732no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#339460school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#339472used by: Cast by Drain; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts

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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