Drain Soul, a WoW Forever Warlock ability

In the Affliction tab of the Warlock spellbook. Every rank: 30 yd range, Channeled. Shadow school. Scales with 10% of spell power (per tick).

What Drain Soul does, rank by rank 4 ranks

Level	Rank and what it does
10	Rank 1 changed Drains the soul of the target, causing 85 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. 55 Mana. Classic: Drains the soul of the target, causing 55 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.
24	Rank 2 changed 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. 125 Mana. Classic: Drains the soul of the target, causing 155 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.
38	Rank 3 changed Drains the soul of the target, causing 270 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. 210 Mana. Classic: Drains the soul of the target, causing 295 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.
52	Rank 4 changed Drains the soul of the target, causing 420 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. 290 Mana. Classic: Drains the soul of the target, causing 455 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.

What changed from Classic

Ranks 1 to 4 changed.

Talents that change Drain Soul 6

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  Soul HarvestAffliction row 2 (level 15), 2 ranks. At 2/2: Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 100% for 10 sec and allows 100% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
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  Improved DrainsAffliction row 2 (level 15), 3 ranks. At 3/3: Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
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  Fel ConcentrationAffliction row 3 (level 20), 3 ranks. At 3/3: Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.
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  PandemicAffliction row 3 (level 20), 3 ranks. At 3/3: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 100%.
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  NightfallAffliction row 4 (level 25), 2 ranks. At 2/2: Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent.
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  Soul SiphonAffliction row 5 (level 30), 3 ranks. At 3/3: Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 12% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 36%.

Questions

What level do you get Drain Soul in WoW Forever?

Level 10; its 4 ranks come at 10, 24, 38 and 52 (beta client spellbook, build 70291).

Is Drain Soul a talent in WoW Forever?

No. Drain Soul is in the Affliction tab of the Warlock spellbook, and no Warlock talent teaches it. 6 talents change it: Soul Harvest, Improved Drains, Fel Concentration, Pandemic, Nightfall and Soul Siphon.

Did Drain Soul change from Classic?

Yes: ranks 1 to 4 changed. Rank 4 now reads "Drains the soul of the target, causing 420 Shadow damage over 15 sec." where Classic read "Drains the soul of the target, causing 455 Shadow damage over 15 sec."

What is the cast time of Drain Soul?

Channeled at every rank. From the beta client's tooltip, build 70291.

Last checked against beta build 1.60.1.70291 on 8 Oct 2026. Classic's text from the Classic client.

Before it in the Affliction tab: Drain Life. After it: Life Tap. Every Warlock spell by level, every Warlock talent and the Warlock calculator.