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Essence Drain

Spell

Essence Drain

Physical

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Warlock

Instant castSelf Only

Whenever you heal yourself with Drain Life, the enemy target deals 9% reduced damage to you for 10 sec.

Essence Drain

Tooltip

Whenever you heal yourself with Drain Life, the enemy target deals 9% reduced damage to you for 10 sec.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met. It can proc at most once every 0.1 sec.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 10.

What it does

Essence Drain is a 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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Proc cooldown0.1 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4
Value: 10

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?

Essence Drain appears in: 1 pvp talent.

PvP talents

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 9 separate Spell records named "Essence Drain". This page is record #221711. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#221715school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect values: -9 (this record: 10); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#265658effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#265660duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 10)Different tuning
#265664used by: Cast by Essence Drain; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#265666effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#275553effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#275554duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 10)Different tuning
#330407school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 5 (this record: 10); 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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