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Talents / Warlock / Soul Siphon
Talent · Warlock · Affliction changed

Soul Siphon

Soul Siphon (Improved Drain Life in Classic Era) was changed in WoW Forever: 3 ranks (Classic had 5), moved from row 2 to row 5, rank 1 reworked: "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%." Now Warlock Affliction talent, 3 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 3 ranks in WoW Forever (Classic Era had 5), one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Soul Siphon rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Soul Siphon
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.

WoW Forever
Soul Siphon
Rank 1 of 3 · Passive

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%.

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2 points spent changed

Soul Siphon rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Soul Siphon
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 4%.

WoW Forever
Soul Siphon
Rank 2 of 3 · Passive

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%.

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3 points spent changed

Soul Siphon rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Soul Siphon
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 6%.

WoW Forever
Soul Siphon
Rank 3 of 3 · Passive

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%.

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4 points spent · not in WoW Forever removed

Soul Siphon rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Soul Siphon
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 8%.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever has no rank 4: this talent now has 3 ranks.

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5 points spent · not in WoW Forever removed

Soul Siphon rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Soul Siphon
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 10%.

WoW Forever

WoW Forever has no rank 5: this talent now has 3 ranks.

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Soul Siphon changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
column 3 2
name Improved Drain Life Soul Siphon
rankSpellIds [ 17804, 17805, 17806, 17807, 17808 ] [ 17804, 17805, 17806 ]
rankTexts [ "Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.", "Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 4%.", "Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 6%.", "Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 8%.", "Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 10%." ] [ "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%.", "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%.", "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%." ]
rankValues [ [ 2 ], [ 4 ], [ 6 ], [ 8 ], [ 10 ] ] [ [ 4, 12 ], [ 8, 24 ], [ 12, 36 ] ]
tier 1 4

Questions about Soul Siphon

Was Soul Siphon nerfed in WoW Forever?

Soul Siphon is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: 3 ranks (Classic had 5), moved from row 2 to row 5, rank 1 reworked: "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%.", renamed from Improved Drain Life.

What changed for Soul Siphon in WoW Forever?

3 ranks (Classic had 5), moved from row 2 to row 5, rank 1 reworked: "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%.", renamed from Improved Drain Life. The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value