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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

Melee attacks heal you for the amount of damage dealt.

Vampiric Touch

Tooltip

Melee attacks heal you for the amount of damage dealt.

How it works

  1. Effect 1 is Heal (effect type 10). Its base value is 1. It scales with 1 times spell power.

What it does

Vampiric Touch is a Shadow spell with an instant cast and no range (it targets the caster). When cast it heals (base value 1).

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
Effect #1Heal (10)
Value: 1
Spell power coefficient: 1

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 #52724. 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
#52723duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#60501duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#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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