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The Burning CrusadeThe Burning Crusade 2.5.6 · Outland, the Dark Portal and Shattrath · client build 2.5.6.70006Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · Wrath of the Lich King · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Siphon Essence

Spell

Siphon Essence

Physical

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Instant castSelf Only

Fills you with fel energy allowing all melee attacks to drain life from opponents.

Siphon Essence

Tooltip

Fills you with fel energy allowing all melee attacks to drain life from opponents.

How it works

Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 42. It triggers Siphon Essence.

What it does

Siphon Essence is a spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 6 sec. When cast it applies an aura. It also casts Siphon Essence (record #40293).

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

SchoolPhysical
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Duration6 sec
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 42
Trigger spell: Siphon Essence

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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 26 separate Spell records named "Siphon Essence". This page is record #40291. 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
#38395used by: Cast by Dot Heals; school: Holy; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#40293used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; school: Shadow; duration: none; effect types: Health LeechA helper record another spell casts
#70299effect types: noneA different effect setup
#75755effect types: noneA different effect setup
#87976used by: Cast by Fire LPAC; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#101140effect types: noneA different effect setup
#101146used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#101149effect types: noneA different effect setup
#101384used by: Cast by Siphon Essence; effect types: noneA helper record another spell casts
#137889effect types: noneA different effect setup
#139409effect types: noneA different effect setup
#139590effect types: noneA 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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