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Drain Soul

Spell

Drain Soul

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Drains the target's soul, causing (556.9% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 5 sec.

Drain Soul

Tooltip

Drains the target's soul, causing (556.9% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 5 sec.

Damage is increased by 100% against enemies below 20% health.

Generates 1 Soul Shard if the target dies during this effect.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 332. Its base value is 198590.

What it does

Drain Soul is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). 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
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 332
Value: 198590
Misc value: 686, 2

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 Soul appears in: 2 talents.

Talents

  • Drain Soul for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction)Talent
  • Drain Soul for Warlock (Affliction, Demonology, Destruction) (definition #129530)Talent

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 33 separate Spell records named "Drain Soul". This page is record #388667. 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
#190711duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590)Different tuning
#197801school: Fire; duration: 168 hr; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#198590duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#205292effect types: EnergizeA different effect setup
#209200duration: 5 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590)Different tuning
#209264duration: 7 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590)Different tuning
#231853school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590)Different tuning
#242938duration: 5 sec; effect values: 8.4 (this record: 198590); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#251528duration: 6 sec; effect values: 1.47 (this record: 198590); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#328785duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590)Different tuning
#346562duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 198590)Different tuning
#401450duration: 5 sec; effect values: 100 (this record: 198590); 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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