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System Shock

Spell

System Shock

Nature

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Instant castAnywhere - Unlimited

Leeches power from the target.

System Shock

Tooltip

Leeches power from the target.

How it works

System Shock is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 5.8004. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  2. Effect 2 is Power Drain (effect type 8). Its base value is 5.0467. It scales with 1 times spell power.
  3. Effect 3 is Power Drain (effect type 8). Its base value is 0.0935. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

System Shock is a Nature spell with an instant cast and an unlimited range. When cast it drains health from the target (base value 5.8004), drains a resource from the target (base value 5.0467) and drains a resource from the target (base value 0.0935).

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

SchoolNature
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast timeInstant
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 5.8004
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #2Power Drain (8)
Value: 5.0467
Spell power coefficient: 1
Effect #3Power Drain (8)
Value: 0.0935
Spell power coefficient: 1
Misc value: 1

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 "System Shock". This page is record #23774. 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
#198145subtext: PvP Talent; used by: Assassination Rogue; school: Physical; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#198222subtext: PvP Talent; duration: 2 sec; effect types: School Damage, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#300877difficulty rows: Normal, Heroic, Mythic, Looking For Raid; journal encounter: Queen Azshara; school: Physical, Arcane; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#301484school: Physical, Arcane; effect types: Trigger MissileA 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 sighted3 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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