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Soul Drain

Spell

Soul Drain

Shadow

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2 secLong Range

Immobilizes an enemy for 5 sec.

Soul Drain

Tooltip

Immobilizes an enemy for 5 sec. and drains 2.42318 health, transferring it to the caster.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1.

Soul Drain is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 2.4232. It scales with 1 times spell power. It jumps to up to 5 targets.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 26. It jumps to up to 5 targets.

What it does

Soul Drain is a Shadow spell with a 2 sec cast, a range of 40 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it drains health from the target (base value 2.4232) jumping to up to 5 targets and applies an aura jumping to up to 5 targets.

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 time2 sec
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 2.4232
Spell power coefficient: 1
Chain targets: 5
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 26
Chain targets: 5

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 22 separate Spell records named "Soul Drain". This page is record #7295. 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
#41303journal encounter: Reliquary of Souls; cast time: 1 sec; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#93863difficulty rows: Event; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#230992cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#250486school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#250504school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#254858school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#266467school: Physical, Shadow; cast time: instant; duration: 3 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#278871school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#281129school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#281131school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#319891school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#323790school: Physical; cast time: instant; duration: until cancelled; effect types: Apply AuraA 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.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 1.60.1.70450, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted2 effect rows in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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