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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)
Vampiric Touch

Spell

Vampiric Touch

Shadow

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Instant castSelf Only

Heals the caster for half the damage dealt by a melee attack.

Vampiric Touch

Tooltip

Heals the caster for half the damage dealt by a melee attack.

How it works

Its dispel type is client id 1. Its aura procs every time its trigger condition is met.

  1. Effect 1 is Apply Aura (effect type 6). It applies aura type 4.

What it does

Vampiric Touch is a Shadow spell with an instant cast, no range (it targets the caster) and effects that last 30 sec. When cast it applies an aura.

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
GCD categoryCategory id 133
Duration30 sec
Dispel typeDispel type id 1
Proc chanceAlways
Effect #1Apply 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.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 8 separate Spell records named "Vampiric Touch". This page is record #52723. 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
#34914subtext: Rank 1; used by: Shadow Priest; cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different rank or variant
#52724duration: none; effect types: Heal; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60501no compared field differsA duplicate client record
#65490difficulty rows: Heroic, 25 Player, 10 Player (Heroic), 25 Player (Heroic); cast time: 1.5 sec; duration: 15 sec; effect types: Apply Aura, Apply Aura, Apply Aura; different tooltip textA per-difficulty version
#195999effect types: noneA different effect setup
#250037effect types: noneA different effect setup
#284402effect 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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