Skip to content
Soul Consumption

Spell

Soul Consumption

Shadow

Advertisement

Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Engulfs an enemy target in dark energy, dealing 17.1291 Shadow damage every 2 sec.

Soul Consumption

Tooltip

Engulfs an enemy target in dark energy, dealing 17.1291 Shadow damage every 2 sec. Every time Soul Consumption deals damage, it generates a Mark of Consumption charge on the target. When Consumption fades or is dispelled, it unleashes a dark explosion proportional to the number of charges present at the time. Either curse or magic removal may cleanse this affliction.

How it works

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 17.1291 per tick. It ticks every 2 sec, 15 times over the full 30 sec (256.94 base in total).

What it does

Soul Consumption is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 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
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 3
Value: 17.1291
Period: every 2 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 5 separate Spell records named "Soul Consumption". This page is record #74792. 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
#12667cast time: 4 sec; duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#68242school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: InstakillA different effect setup
#74799duration: none; effect types: School Damage, effect 124; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#74800duration: 1 min; effect types: SummonA 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.

Comments

Read player comments on Soul Consumption at Wowhead (opens Wowhead in a new tab)