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Drain Soul

Spell

Drain Soul

Shadow

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Instant castVision Range (AOI)

Shadow spell.

Drain Soul

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 260.

What it does

Drain Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 100 yards and effects that last 7 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
Range100 yards (Vision Range (AOI))
Cast timeInstant
Duration7 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 260
Misc value: 963, 7

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 33 separate Spell records named "Drain Soul". This page is record #209264. 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
#171893duration: 5 sec; effect values: 200 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#181965duration: 3 secA variant record
#182065duration: 10 secA variant record
#185181used by: Cast by Force Cast - Drain Soul; duration: 10 secA helper record another spell casts
#190711duration: until cancelledA variant record
#197801school: Fire; duration: 168 hr; different tooltip textA variant record
#198590duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205292duration: none; effect types: Energize; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#209200duration: 5 secA variant record
#231853school: Physical; duration: until cancelledA variant record
#242938duration: 5 sec; effect values: 8.4 (this record: 0); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#251528duration: 6 sec; effect values: 1.47 (this record: 0); 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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