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Leeching Swarm

Spell

Leeching Swarm

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Shadow spell.

Leeching Swarm

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 5. Its area radius is 20 yards.

What it does

Leeching Swarm is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it drains health from the target (base value 5) in a 20 yard radius.

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 #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 5
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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Leeching Swarm appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 13 separate Spell records named "Leeching Swarm". This page is record #276671. 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
#53467journal encounter: Anub'arak; school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#53468school: Nature; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59430school: Nature; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#59431school: Nature; duration: 1 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#66118school: Nature; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: until cancelled; effect types: effect 129; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#66125effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#66240school: Nature; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#276669cast time: 2 sec; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#450632school: Nature; cast time: 2.5 sec; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#450634school: Nature; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#450636school: Nature; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#450637school: Nature; cast time: 1.2 sec; duration: 7.5 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Create Area Effect, Create Area Effect; 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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