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Wrath of the Lich KingWrath of the Lich King era data from Blizzard's titan client, build 3.80.2.69874Also on WoW Forever · Classic Era · The Burning Crusade · MoP Classic · Retail (Midnight)
Drain Life

Spell

Drain Life

Shadow

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Instant castLonger Range

Transfers 2000 health every 1 sec from the target to the caster.

Drain Life

Tooltip

Transfers 2000 health every 1 sec from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 sec.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 53. Its base value is 2000 per tick. It ticks every 1 sec, 5 times over the full 5 sec (10000 base in total).

What it does

Drain Life is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, a range of 45 yards and effects that last 5 sec. When cast it applies an aura every 1 sec.

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range45 yards (Longer Range)
Cast timeInstant
Duration5 sec
Effect #1Apply Aura (6)
Aura type id 53
Value: 2000
Period: every 1 sec

Raw client values from the Wrath of the Lich King client, build 3.80.2.69874. 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 106 separate Spell records named "Drain Life". This page is record #64159. 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
#44294duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#46155duration: 3 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#46291duration: 10 sec; different tooltip textA variant record
#46466different tooltip textA variant record
#55646different tooltip textA variant record
#64160no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#69066difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player; duration: 4 sec; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#71838duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#71839duration: none; effect types: Health Leech; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#79616effect types: noneA different effect setup
#79619effect types: noneA different effect setup
#79933effect 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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