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Drain Mana

Spell

Drain Mana

Arcane

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Instant castTwenty yards

Drains up to 105 mana from an enemy over 5 sec.

Drain Mana

Tooltip

Drains up to 105 mana from an enemy over 5 sec. and transfers it to the caster.

How it works

Each cast of Drain Mana costs 75 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 64. Its base value is 21 per tick. It scales with 0.2 times spell power. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (105 base in total).

What it does

Drain Mana is an Arcane spell with an instant cast, a range of 20 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

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

SchoolArcane
Cost75 Mana
Range20 yards (Twenty yards)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 64
Value: 21
Spell power coefficient: 0.2
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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Drain Mana". This page is record #17243. 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
#17008effect values: 7 (this record: 21); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#17682effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25671school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Power Drain, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25755school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Power Drain, effect 77; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#26639school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#29058effect values: 0.94 (this record: 21)Different tuning
#29881effect values: 1.48 (this record: 21)Different tuning
#35332effect values: 2.76 (this record: 21)Different tuning
#36088effect values: 7 (this record: 21)Different tuning
#36095effect values: 1.05 (this record: 21)Different tuning
#44956effect values: 1.08 (this record: 21)Different tuning
#46153effect values: 4 (this record: 21); 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70532, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted1 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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