Drain Soul | |
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Class | Warlock |
School | Shadow |
Cooldown | None |
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[[Category:warlock abilities]][[Category:warlock abilities]]
- The truest agony goes deeper than mere flesh and bone.[1]
Drain Soul steals the soul from the enemy. If the enemy dies while channeling, and yields experience or [Honor], the caster refresh his Soul shard.
Table
Drain Soul is available at level 10.
Level | Mana Cost | DoT |
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1 | - | - |
2 | - | - |
3 | - | - |
4 | - | - |
5 | - | - |
6 | - | - |
7 | - | - |
8 | - | - |
9 | - | - |
10 | 7 % | 66 |
11 | 7 % | 65 |
12 | 7 % | 70 |
13 | 7 % | 70 |
14 | 7 % | 75 |
Tips and tactics
Use when an enemy is almost dead to maximize the damage multiplier. When raiding Affliction, substitute Shadow Bolt with it when the boss is below 25%, keeping your DoTs up at all times. This results in extraordinarily high DPS when coupled with Haunt, which amplifies its effect. This effect is comonly refered to as "Drain Soul Execute", or DSe for short. Borrowing from the Warrior ability [Execute], which has a similar effect.
Use it on enemies that are green and you can farm Soul Shards easily.
As of patch 3.1.0, when the proc was added, you can farm soul shards from training dummys.
It is advisable for warlocks to always keep a few Soul Shards available at all times. A lot of key spells require them.
Drain Soul can not be reflected.
Patch changes
- Patch 4.0.3a (2010-11-23): Damage has been reduced by approximately 12%.
- Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): This spell now refresh to 3 soul shards.
- Patch 3.3.0 (2009-12-08): This spell now deals 4 times the normal damage for all ranks. Previously it was only ranks 6 and above.
- Patch 3.1.0 (2009-04-14): Each time Drain Soul deals damage to a target which can grant experience, it now has a chance to generate a [Soul Shard].
- Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Will now cause four times the damage if the target is at or below 25% health.
- Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07): Honorable kills will now generate a Soul Shard when Drain Soul is used.
References
- ^ TCG Through the Dark Portal, #114
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