Life Tap

For other uses of Life Tap, see Warlock Hero Power (disambiguation).

Life Tap is the warlock's basic Hero Power.

Other versions

Classic

Notes

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• Life Tap has two steps:
  • First, it deals damage to the hero, queuing and resolving on-damage triggers;
  • Then, it draws a card, queuing and resolving triggers.
• 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

When the dark arts call for flesh, you can only trust your own.

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

• 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.

Gallery

Life Tap, full art