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Drain Soul
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  • Drain Soul (5 ranks)
  • Warlock ability
  • 30 yd range
  • 360 Mana
  • Channeled
  • Drains the soul of the target, causing X Shadow damage over 15 sec. If the target dies while being drained, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard. Soul Shards are required for other spells.
Properties
Class Warlock
School Shadow
Cooldown None
Improvements Spell shadow haunting [Improved Drain Soul], Spell shadow fingerofdeath [Fel Concentration], Warlock curse shadow [Grim Reach]
Related buff
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  • Drain Soul
  • 124 Shadow damage every 3 seconds.
  • Duration: 15 seconds
Related debuff
Inv misc questionmark
  • Drain Soul
  • 124 Shadow damage every 3 seconds.
  • Duration: 15 seconds

[[Category:warlock abilities]][[Category:warlock abilities]]

The truest agony goes deeper than mere flesh and bone.[1]

Overview

Drain Soul steals the soul from the enemy. If the enemy dies while channeling, and yields experience or Achievement legionpvptier4 [Honor], this makes you get a Soul shard.

Rank table

Rank Level Type Mana Cost Damage Training Cost
1 10 Affliction 55 55 2s 70c
2 24 Affliction 125 155 27s
3 38 Affliction 210 295 90s
4 52 Affliction 290 455 1g 62s
5 Bc icon 67 Affliction 360 620 5g 13s

Notes

Drain Soul can not be reflected.

Tips and Tactics

Use this when an enemy is almost dead, but don't rely on it as a spell for pure damage. Most warlocks choose to keep using rank 1 of the spell, as its main purpose is to obtain a Soul Shard. Using Rank 1 is a lot more mana efficient, and assures you can cast it even when low on mana.

Use it on enemies that are green and you can farm Soul Shards easily.

It is advisable for warlocks to always keep a few Soul Shards available at all times. A lot of key spells require them.

Combined with the Affliction talent Spell shadow haunting [Improved Drain Soul], you can gain back lots of mana for free simply by casting Drain Soul at the end of a fight. This works best when playing solo since you or your pet needs to land the killing blow.

  1. ^ TCGDP, #114
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