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Siphon Essence

Spell

Siphon Essence

Arcane

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2.5 sec5 sec cooldownLong Range

Siphons essence from an enemy, inflicting 3.13463 Arcane damage every 0.5 sec.

Siphon Essence

Tooltip

Siphons essence from an enemy, inflicting 3.13463 Arcane damage every 0.5 sec. for 10 sec.

How it works

It does not trigger the global cooldown, so it can be used between other casts. Its dispel type is client id 1.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 3.1346 per tick. Its area radius is 40 yards. It ticks every 0.5 sec, 20 times over the full 10 sec (62.69 base in total).

What it does

Siphon Essence is an Arcane spell with a 2.5 sec cast, a range of 40 yards, a 5 sec cooldown and effects that last 10 sec. When cast it applies an aura in a 40 yard radius every 0.5 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

SchoolArcane
Range40 yards (Long Range)
Cast time2.5 sec
Cooldown5 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration10 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 3.1346
Radius: 40 yards
Period: every 0.5 sec

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 26 separate Spell records named "Siphon Essence". This page is record #210684. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#137889school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 168 hr; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#139409school: Shadow; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 8 sec; effect values: 9.81 (this record: 3.13); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#139590school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2147483.6 sec; effect types: Trigger Spell, Trigger Spell, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#139622used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2147483.6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 3.13)A helper record another spell casts
#139641used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 2147483.6 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 3.13)A helper record another spell casts
#143582school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect values: 0 (this record: 3.13)Different tuning
#174964school: Shadow; cast time: 2 sec; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#186470school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 5 sec; effect values: 65 (this record: 3.13); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#244329used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#244330school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect values: 0 (this record: 3.13); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#318319school: Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#318345used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Dummy, effect 136; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts

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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