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Life Siphon

Spell

Life Siphon

Shadow

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Instant castLong Range

Siphons life energy from the target, inflicting 5 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec and healing the caster for 50% that amount.

Life Siphon

Tooltip

Siphons life energy from the target, inflicting 5 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec and healing the caster for 50% that amount. Lasts 6 sec.

How it works

Life Siphon is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 5 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 4 times over the full 6 sec (20 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 8. Its base value is 2.5 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec, 4 times over the full 6 sec (10 base in total).
  3. Effect 3 is Dummy (effect type 3). Its base value is 50.

What it does

Life Siphon is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1.5 sec.

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
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 5
Period: every 1.5 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 8
Value: 2.5
Period: every 1.5 sec
Effect #3Dummy (3)
Value: 50

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?

Life Siphon 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 5 separate Spell records named "Life Siphon". This page is record #449017. 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
#73488cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#73489duration: none; effect types: HealA different effect setup
#287372school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, Dummy, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#444476school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; 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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