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Drain Life

Spell

Drain Life

Physical

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1 sec5 sec cooldownCombat Range

Bites a target, inflicting periodic Physical damage and leeching life over 12 sec.

Drain Life

Tooltip

Bites a target, inflicting periodic Physical damage and leeching life over 12 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 53. Its base value is 160 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 12 times over the full 12 sec (1920 base in total).

What it does

Drain Life is a spell with a 1 sec cast, a range of 5 yards, a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec. The client files the whole spell under the bleeding mechanic.

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
Range5 yards (Combat Range)
Cast time1 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration12 sec
MechanicBleeding
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 53
Value: 160
Period: every 1 sec

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 Life appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 106 separate Spell records named "Drain Life". This page is record #151475. 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
#109831used by: Cast by Item - Dragon Soul - Proc - Str Tank Sword Heroic; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#131577school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 160); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#144231school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#144237school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#144241school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#146814school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0.31 (this record: 160); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#148612school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect values: 0.2 (this record: 160); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#149992school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#156854journal encounter: Teron'gor; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#173566school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#182217school: Shadow; cast time: 4 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 160); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#182714school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 200 (this record: 160); 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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