Drain Soul
Drain Soul 40 yd  range 1.5% of base mana Channeled Drains the soul of the target, causing X Shadow damage every 2 sec and energizing one Soul Shard after it deals damage twice. If the target dies, three Soul Shards are energized. Lasts 12 sec. If the target is at or below 20% health when Drain Soul deals damage, it deals 100% additional damage and causes all of your other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 100% of their normal periodic damage.
Usable by
Class	Warlock
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Affliction
Level required	19
Related debuff
Drain Soul Deals X Shadow damage and causes all of the warlock's other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 100% of their normal periodic damage, every 2 seconds. Duration: 12 seconds
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• Drain Soul
• 40 yd  range
• 1.5% of base mana
• Channeled
• Drains the soul of the target, causing X Shadow damage every 2 sec and energizing one Soul Shard after it deals damage twice. If the target dies, three Soul Shards are energized. Lasts 12 sec.
  
  If the target is at or below 20% health when Drain Soul deals damage, it deals 100% additional damage and causes all of your other periodic Affliction damage effects to instantly deal 100% of their normal periodic damage.

Drain Soul is a warlock ability learned at level 19 for those with the Affliction specialization. It steals the soul from the enemy, energizing a Soul Shard after dealing damage twice; three shards are energized if the target dies.

All other periodic damage effects from the warlock will instantly deal 100% of their normal periodic damage if the target is at or below 20% health when Drain Soul deals damage.

Modified by

• [Soul Leech] (talent)
• [Kil'Jaeden's Cunning] (talent)
• [Glyph of Soul Consumption]

Notes

• Use when an enemy is almost dead to maximize the damage.
• Drain Soul can not be reflected.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.2.0 (28-Jun-2011): It is no longer possible to leave combat while channeling Drain Soul. 
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): This spell now deals 4 times the normal damage for all ranks. Previously it was only ranks 6 and above. 
  
• Patch 3.1.0 (14-Apr-2009): Each time Drain Soul deals damage to a target which can grant experience, it now has a chance to generate a Soul Shard. 
  
• Patch 3.0.3 (04-Nov-2008): Rank 6 now properly deals additional damage to targets below 25% health. 
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Drain Soul will now cause four times the damage if the target is at or below 25% health. 
  
• Patch 2.4.2 (2008-05-13): Channeling of this spell will now always stop when a player target dies. 
  
• Patch 1.11.0 (20-Jun-2006): Shadowburn: If you cast Drain Soul while this aura is on the victim, you will no longer receive two soul shards upon the victim’s death. 
  
• Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Honorable kills will now generate a Soul Shard when Drain Soul is used. 
  

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