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Causes 450 Shadow damage over 15 sec to your target and causes up to 10 party or raid members to gain 1% of their maximum mana per 5 sec when you deal damage from Mind Blast. In addition, if the Vampiric Touch is dispelled it will cause 720 damage to the afflicted target.
How it works
Casting it triggers a 1.5 sec global cooldown. Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.
Vampiric Touch is built from 3 client effects, applied in this order:
- Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4. Its base value is 2. It scales with 1 times spell power.
- Effect 2 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 3. Its base value is 90 per tick. It scales with 0.4 times spell power. It ticks every 3 sec, 5 times over the full 15 sec (450 base in total).
- Effect 3 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.
What it does
Vampiric Touch is a Shadow spell with a 1.5 sec cast, a range of 30 yards and effects that last 15 sec. When cast it applies an aura and applies an aura every 3 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
| School | Shadow |
|---|---|
| Range | 30 yards (Medium Range) |
| Cast time | 1.5 sec |
| Global cooldown | 1.5 sec |
| GCD category | Category id 133 |
| Duration | 15 sec |
| Dispel type | Dispel type id 1 |
| Proc chance | Always |
| Effect #1 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4 Value: 2 Spell power coefficient: 1 |
| Effect #2 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 3 Value: 90 Spell power coefficient: 0.4 Period: every 3 sec |
| Effect #3 | Apply Aura (6) Aura type id 4 |
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?
Vampiric Touch appears in: 1 class specialization.
Class specialization
From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.
Related
More Shadow Magic spells
Multiple client spell records exist
The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Vampiric Touch". This page is record #34914. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| #52723 | cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #52724 | cast time: instant; duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #60501 | cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip text | A different effect setup |
| #65490 | difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); different tooltip text | A per-difficulty version |
| #195999 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #250037 | effect types: none | A different effect setup |
| #284402 | effect types: none | A 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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