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Soul Siphon

Spell

Soul Siphon

Shadow

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Siphon's a piece of several targets' souls, inflicting 22.3902 Shadow damage and applies Soul Siphon, absorbing 36.4157 healing for 30 sec.

Soul Siphon

Tooltip

Siphon's a piece of several targets' souls, inflicting 22.3902 Shadow damage and applies Soul Siphon, absorbing 36.4157 healing for 30 sec. This adds a soul to the Well of Souls.

How it works

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

  1. Effect 1 is School Damage (effect type 2). Its base value is 22.3902.
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 301. Its base value is 36.4157.

What it does

Soul Siphon is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, an unlimited range and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it deals Shadow damage (base value 22.3902) and applies an aura.

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
Effect #1School Damage (2)
Value: 22.3902
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 301
Value: 36.4157
Misc value: 127

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?

Soul Siphon appears in: 1 boss encounter.

Boss encounters

  • Gul'dan in The Nighthold
    Journal section: Stage Two: The Master's Power > Well of Souls; Stage Three: The Master's Power > Well of Souls
    Encounter creatures: Gul'danRaid boss ability

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

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 33 separate Spell records named "Soul Siphon". This page is record #221891. 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
#194657cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#194665duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Trigger Spell; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#206393school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect types: SummonA different effect setup
#206446used by: Cast by Soul Siphon; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA helper record another spell casts
#207772duration: 210 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, SpawnA different effect setup
#207803duration: none; effect types: School DamageA different effect setup
#207856duration: 1 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#212387subtext: PvP Talent; school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: Apply Aura, effect 0; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#212776subtext: PvP Talent; school: Physical; duration: 1 hr; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#217766duration: 0.2 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#243029used by: Cast by Soul Siphon; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, effect 226; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#256666school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA 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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