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Drain Soul

Spell

Drain Soul

Shadow

Warlock

Instant castMedium Range

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Drain Soul
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Tooltip

Drains the soul of the target, causing 170 Shadow damage over 15 sec. Non-trivial targets damaged by Drain Soul have a chance to grant you a Soul Shard. Non-trivial targets killed by Drain Soul will always grant you a Soul shard. Soul Shards are required for other spells.

Spell facts

SchoolShadow
Cast timeInstant
Duration15 sec
Cost125 Mana
EffectApply Aura
ClassWarlock
RangeMedium Range
Taught byAffliction (skill 1)
Spell ID8288

Datamined from the current retail build. Numbers that scale with level or stats are shown at their base value.

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WoW Forever: what our data shows

Sighted in the WoW Forever beta clientBuild 3.80.2.69874, read from the beta game data we hold
Also in the Classic Era clientYes - this spell is in the Classic Era client's data too
Effect rows sighted3 effect rows in the beta client's data
Level data sightedBase level 24 in the beta client's data

A sighting in the beta client is a fact from our own database; the launch roster is Blizzard’s to finalize. World of Warcraft: Forever launches November 4, 2026. World of Warcraft: Forever is Classic+, launching November 4

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