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Drain Mana

Spell

Drain Mana

Shadow

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Warlock

Instant castMedium Range

Transfers 42 Mana every 1 sec from the target to the caster.

Drain Mana

Tooltip

Transfers 42 Mana every 1 sec from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 sec.

How it works

Each cast of Drain Mana costs 95 Mana. Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1.

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

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 64. Its base value is 42 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (210 base in total).
  2. Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Drain Mana is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec and applies an aura.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Cost95 Mana
Range30 yards (Medium Range)
Cast timeInstant
Global cooldown1.5 sec
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration5 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 64
Value: 42
Period: every 1 sec
Effect #2Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 4

Raw client values from the Burning Crusade client, build 2.5.6.70006. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

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Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 18 separate Spell records named "Drain Mana". This page is record #5138. 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
#17008school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17243school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#17682school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#25671duration: none; effect types: Power Drain, effect 77A different effect setup
#25755duration: none; effect types: Power Drain, effect 77A different effect setup
#26639duration: none; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#29058school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#29881school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#35332school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36088school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#36095school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#44956school: Arcane; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA 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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