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Siphoning Infection

Spell

Siphoning Infection

Shadow

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Instant castFour Hundred Yards

Vashnik infects several players with a blood venom that inflicts 4.5 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec and absorbs the next 150 healing.

Siphoning Infection

Tooltip

Vashnik infects several players with a blood venom that inflicts 4.5 Shadow damage every 1.5 sec and absorbs the next 150 healing.

How it works

Siphoning Infection is built from 4 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 4.5 per tick. It ticks every 1.5 sec. It triggers Siphoning Infection.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 301. Its base value is 150. It triggers Adaptive Infection.
  3. Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 118. Its base value is -100.
  4. Effect 4 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 61. Its base value is 50.

What it does

Siphoning Infection is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 400 yards and an effect that lasts until cancelled. When cast it applies an aura every 1.5 sec and applies an aura. It also casts Siphoning Infection (record #1295244) and Adaptive Infection.

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
Range400 yards (Four Hundred Yards)
Cast timeInstant
DurationInfinite
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 4.5
Period: every 1.5 sec
Trigger spell: Siphoning Infection
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 301
Value: 150
Misc value: 127
Trigger spell: Adaptive Infection
Effect #3Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 118
Value: -100
Misc value: 127
Effect #4Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 61
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?

Siphoning Infection appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

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

Build history

this spell Changelog

Added in patch 12.1.0.

Changes between the retail game builds our datamine has recorded, newest first.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 10 separate Spell records named "Siphoning Infection". This page is record #1295224. 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
#1295083school: Physical; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1295214school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1295231difficulty rows: Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; used by: Cast by Siphon Blood; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#1295244school: Physical; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 1, 350, -100, 50 (this record: 4.5, 150, -100, 50); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#1295380school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1295382school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#1295584school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1298816duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#1299941journal encounter: Vashnik the Malignant; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Dummy; different tooltip textA different caster

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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