Soul Siphon, a WoW Forever Warlock talent, in words
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Soul SiphonAn Affliction Warlock talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Affliction tree (level 30), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (renamed from Improved Drain Life, was Affliction row 2, was 5 ranks, now 3). Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 30 Oct hotfixes on the Warlock trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
What it does Affliction row 5
Soul Siphon3 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Affliction Talents (level 30).Rank 1: Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.Rank 2: Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 8% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 24%.Rank 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%.Changed from Classic (renamed from Improved Drain Life, was Affliction row 2, was 5 ranks, now 3). Classic rank 1: Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.
- Alsorenamed from Improved Drain Life; was Affliction row 2; was 5 ranks, now 3.
Beta build history
- Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-16Rank 1 text changed. Now: Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Was: Increases the rate at which your Drain Life and Drain Soul deal damage by 17%, but reduces your healing from Drain Life by 10%.
Around it in the Affliction tree
- Same row (20 points in Affliction, level 30)Siphon Life.
- Row above (level 25)Malevolence, Nightfall, Curse of Exhaustion.
- Row below (level 35)Shadow Mastery.
- Gone from Classic AfflictionImproved Curse of Weakness, Improved Drain Soul, Improved Drain Mana, Improved Curse of Exhaustion, Dark Pact.
Every Affliction talent 17
- Improved Life Taprow 1
- Suppressionrow 1
- Improved Corruptionrow 1
- Grim Reachrow 2
- Soul Harvestrow 2
- Improved Drainsrow 2
- Improved Bane of Agonyrow 3
- Fel Concentrationrow 3
- Amplify Curserow 3
- Pandemicrow 3
- Malevolencerow 4
- Nightfallrow 4
- Curse of Exhaustionrow 4
- Siphon Liferow 5
- Soul Siphonrow 5
- Shadow Masteryrow 6
- Wrackrow 7
The other two trees
From the WoW Forever beta client, with the 30 Oct server hotfixes on the Warlock trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Soul Siphon in the Warlock calculator.