Warlock · Affliction · row 2

Improved Drains

New in Forever3 ranks
Improved Drains
Rank 3/3Affliction
Requires 5 points in Affliction Talents
Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 20%.

Every rank of Improved Drains

RankEffectSource
1Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 7%.client
2Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 13%.client
3Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 20%.client

Requirements and position

  • Tree: Affliction, row 2, column 3. Needs 5 points in Affliction first. The earliest you can finish all 3 ranks is level 17 if you put every point into this tree.
  • Competes with: Grim Reach, Soul Harvest in the same row.

Classic comparison

Improved Drains is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Warlocks.

Spells this talent affects

Builds that take Improved Drains

Questions players ask

Where is Improved Drains in the Warlock talent tree?
Affliction tree, row 2, column 3. You need 5 points spent in Affliction before you can learn it.
Is Improved Drains new in WoW Forever?
Yes. Improved Drains has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

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