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Essence Drain

Spell

Essence Drain

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

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 dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 269. Its base value is -9.

What it does

Essence Drain is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It stacks up to 4 times.

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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration10 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks4
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 269
Value: -9
Misc value: 127

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 9 separate Spell records named "Essence Drain". This page is record #221715. 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
#221711used by: Affliction Warlock; school: Physical; duration: none; effect values: 10 (this record: -9); different tooltip textA different owner
#265658school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#265660school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: -9)Different tuning
#265664used by: Cast by Essence Drain; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#265666school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#275553school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#275554school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: -9)Different tuning
#330407cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 5 (this record: -9); 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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