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Drain Essence

Spell

Drain Essence

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Consumes the essence of up to 3 players, draining 3 health every 0.2 sec*4 sec for 6 sec.

Drain Essence

Tooltip

Consumes the essence of up to 3 players, draining 3 health every 0.2 sec*4 sec for 6 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 3.

What it does

Drain Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an 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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 3

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 49 separate Spell records named "Drain Essence". This page is record #339788. 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
#325823used by: Cast by Drain Essence; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#325835school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#327052cast time: 2 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 3); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#327771effect values: 0 (this record: 3)Different tuning
#327773used by: Cast by Drain Essence; school: Physical; duration: 1 min; effect values: -1 (this record: 3); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#339782effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#339888used by: Cast by Drain Essence; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#346651journal encounter: The Council of Blood; duration: 4 sec; effect values: 18 (this record: 3); different tooltip textA different caster
#346653school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, DummyA different effect setup
#346654used by: Cast by Drain Essence; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 3); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#351675used by: Cast by Drain Essence; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#351676school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 3)Different 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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