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Soul Siphon

Spell

Soul Siphon

Shadow

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Instant cast1 sec cooldownTen yards

Drains 2.38874 health every 2 sec.

Soul Siphon

Tooltip

Drains 2.38874 health every 2 sec. from an enemy and its nearest ally, healing the caster for up to twice the amount of health stolen. Lasts 12 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Soul Siphon costs 10 Mana. 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 53. Its base value is 2.3887 per tick. It scales with 0.1 times spell power. It ticks every 2 sec, 6 times over the full 12 sec (14.33 base in total). It jumps to up to 2 targets.

What it does

Soul Siphon is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 10 yards, a 1 sec cooldown and effects that last 12 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 2 sec jumping to up to 2 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
Cost10 Mana
Range10 yards (Ten yards)
Cast timeInstant
Cooldown1 sec
Global cooldownNone
Duration12 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 53
Value: 2.3887
Spell power coefficient: 0.1
Period: every 2 sec
Chain targets: 2

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 33 separate Spell records named "Soul Siphon". This page is record #9373. 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
#7290subtext: Rank 1; duration: 10 sec; effect values: 1.47 (this record: 2.39); different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#43591school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: effect 77A different effect setup
#69128duration: 8 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#69130used by: Cast by Soul Siphon; duration: 10 sec; effect values: -10 (this record: 2.39); different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#162525school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 2.39)Different tuning
#162531school: Physical; duration: until cancelled; effect values: 0 (this record: 2.39)Different tuning
#170003duration: until cancelled; effect types: Create Area Effect, Apply AuraA different effect setup
#170009duration: until cancelled; effect values: 300 (this record: 2.39); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#170012school: Physical; duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#194657cast time: 1 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect values: 1.57 (this record: 2.39); different tooltip textDifferent tuning
#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

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 1.60.1.70532, 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 sighted1 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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