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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)
Siphon Essence

Spell

Siphon Essence

Shadow

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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 Health Leech (effect type 9). Its base value is 20.

What it does

Siphon Essence is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it drains health from the target (base value 20).

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
RangeSelf Only
Cast timeInstant
Proc chanceAlways
Max stacks1
Effect #1Health Leech (9)
Value: 20

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.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Siphon Essence appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 26 separate Spell records named "Siphon Essence". This page is record #40293. 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; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA helper record another spell casts
#40291school: Physical; duration: 6 sec; effect types: Apply AuraA different effect setup
#70299school: Physical; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply AuraA 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
#101146effect types: noneA different effect setup
#101149effect types: noneA different effect setup
#101384effect types: noneA different effect setup
#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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