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Drain Essence

Spell

Drain Essence

Physical

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Instant cast6 sec cooldownSelf Only

Physical 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 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 300 yards. It triggers Drain Essence.
  2. Effect 2 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 300 yards. It triggers Drain Essence.

What it does

Drain Essence is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and a 6 sec cooldown. It also casts Drain Essence (record #346651) and Drain Essence (record #346654).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown6 sec
Global cooldownNone
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 300 yards
Trigger spell: Drain Essence
Effect #2Dummy (3)
Radius: 300 yards
Trigger spell: Drain Essence

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 #346653. 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; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#325835effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#327052school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#327771school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#327773used by: Cast by Drain Essence; duration: 1 min; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#339782school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#339788school: Shadow; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#339888used by: Cast by Drain Essence; school: Shadow; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#346651journal encounter: The Council of Blood; school: Shadow; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#346654used by: Cast by Drain Essence; school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#351675used by: Cast by Drain Essence; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#351676duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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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