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Drain Essence

Spell

Drain Essence

Shadow

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Instant cast12 sec cooldownVision Range (AOI)

Shadow spell.

Drain Essence

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts.

Drain Essence is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Knock Back (effect type 98). Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 100 yards.
  2. Effect 2 is effect type 164, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 100 yards. It triggers Fel Decay.
  3. Effect 3 is effect type 164, which the datamine does not name. Its base value is 100. Its area radius is 100 yards. It triggers Fel Decay Heal Aura.

What it does

Drain Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and a 12 sec cooldown. When cast it has a Knock Back effect in a 100 yard radius. It also casts Fel Decay and Fel Decay Heal Aura.

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
Cooldown12 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Knock Back (98)
Value: 100
Misc value: 50
Radius: 100 yards
Effect #2Effect 164
Value: 100
Radius: 100 yards
Trigger spell: Fel Decay
Effect #3Effect 164
Value: 100
Radius: 100 yards
Trigger spell: Fel Decay Heal Aura

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 Essence appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 49 separate Spell records named "Drain Essence". This page is record #108610. 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
#75645school: Physical; cast time: 1 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#104905duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#104906school: Physical; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#173356cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#174740duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176701duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#176859duration: 9 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#183510school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#184672cast time: 1 sec; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186048duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#199837school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 136; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205111duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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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