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Essence Drain

Spell

Essence Drain

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Physical spell.

Essence Drain

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Essence Drain is a spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster).

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
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Radius: 20 yards

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 #265658. 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
#221711subtext: PvP Talent; used by: Affliction Warlock; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#221715subtext: PvP Talent; school: Shadow; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#265660duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#265664used by: Cast by Essence Drain; effect values: 265666 (this record: 0)A helper record another spell casts
#265666no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#275553no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#275554duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#330407school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup

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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