Life Tap
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- For other uses of Life Tap, see Warlock Hero Power (disambiguation).
Life Tap is the warlock's basic Hero Power.
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Notes
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- Life Tap has two steps:
- As with all other damage-dealing Hero Powers, the damage dealt by this Hero Power to the hero is increased by
Prophet Velen and 
Fallen Hero. - Wilfred Fizzlebang's ongoing effect specifically modifies this Hero Power by making it also set the mana cost of cards it draws to 0.
- If a player has this Hero Power, Justicar Trueheart's Battlecry will replace it with Soul Tap, which can be used to draw a card without suffering damage. Other ways to get this are
Baku the Mooneater’s Start of Game effect, and possibly from 
Sir Finley of the Sands’ Battlecry.
Lore[edit | edit source]
- When the dark arts call for flesh, you can only trust your own.[2]
Life Tap is a signature warlock spell that allows them to trade their health for mana - the primary resource consumed to use their abilities. Hearthstone's version of Life Tap is very similar, in this case trading health in exchange for the most vital resource of all - cards.
This section uses content from the Warcraft Wiki.- Life Tap is a signature warlock spell that converts health into mana. The mana restored is equal to 15% of the warlock's health.
- Life Tap epitomises the character of the warlock, sacrificing a chunk of their own life in exchange for a rapid injection of power. This tradeoff can allow warlocks to produce an endless stream of damage and death - while their health holds.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The artwork for this card comes from the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game "Heroes of Azeroth" series, depicting the spell Life Tap.
- The Hearthstone team seriously considered replacing Life Tap with a different hero power in the early days of the game, but were never able to come up with a good replacement.[3]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ https://gist.github.com/Patashu/42197d97b7443326c14a#file-life-tap-log Tested in Patch 3.1.0.10357 (2015-09-29)
- ↑ http://wowpedia.org/Life_Tap
- ↑ Dean Ayala on Twitter (X). (2021-01-13).