Life Tap
From WoWWiki
| Life Tap | |
|---|---|
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| Usable by | |
| Class | Warlock |
| Properties | |
| School | Shadow |
| Cooldown | None |
| Other information | |
| Ranks | 9 |
- When the dark arts call for flesh, you can only trust your own."TCGHoA 128
Life Tap is a Warlock spell that converts health into mana. It is somewhat of a signature ability of the Warlock.
Functionality
| Rank | Level | Type | Description | Cost |
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| 1 | 6 | Affliction | Converts 20 health into 20 mana. | 1
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| 2 | 16 | Affliction | Converts 65 health into 65 mana. | 10 80
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| 3 | 26 | Affliction | Converts 130 health into 130 mana. | 40
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| 4 | 36 | Affliction | Converts 210 health into 210 mana. | 81
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| 5 | 46 | Affliction | Converts 300 health into 300 mana. | 1 30
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| 6 | 56 | Affliction | Converts 420 health into 420 mana. | 2 20
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| 7 | 68 | Affliction | Converts 580 health into 580 mana. | 5 67
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Strategy
This spell has a big impact on how to play Warlocks.
A popular way is to maximise your hit point (using equipment with +stamina), and convert that hit point into mana whenever needed. Because of this, +int and +spirit are usually of less interest than +stamina for a Warlock.
A Warlock in a party with a healer can boost his or her mana if the healer agrees. Note that the self-inflicted damage will rank low on the healers priority list - after the tank, and party members taking aggro.
Between fights, use Life Tap to bring your life and mana even. This way, you will regenerate both hp and mana at the same time, and will decrease your downtime.
Downrank Life Tap in high damage and endurance fights to ease pressure on the healers. While Life Tap will allow you to continue casting, it does trigger your GCD, reducing your overall DPS, and should be used sparingly. Coupled with a [Glyph of Life Tap], Life Tap should be used roughly once every 20 seconds.
Life Tap does not generate aggro. When used with the [Glyph of Life Tap], it should be cast before the mobs are pulled so as to minimize cast time lost to GCD.
Note
- It benefits from effects that increase the spell damage. At rank 3 and above, the base amount of health lost and mana gained increases by 80% of your bonus spell damage effects. Talents and items can further modify those values. Rank 1 and 2 receive reduced effect. It is also affected by and uses charges of the Zandalarian Hero Charm (and comparable items).
- Life Tap does not generate any threat.
- The health cost can be reduced by the 8-set bonus of the Plagueheart Raiment.
- The life cost and mana restoration of Life Tap rank 7 increases by one point per level. At level 70, it consumes 582 life to restore 582 mana.
- The life cost and mana restoration of other ranks of Life Tap increase by up to 10 points based on level. At level 70, each rank below rank 7 actually consumes 10 more life and restores 10 more mana than listed in the table above.
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