Warlock · Affliction · row 5

Soul Siphon

Changed (was Improved Drain Life)3 ranks
Soul Siphon
Rank 3/3Affliction
Requires 20 points in Affliction Talents
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%.

Every rank of Soul Siphon

RankEffectSource
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%.client
2Increases 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%.client
3Increases 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%.client

Requirements and position

  • Tree: Affliction, row 5, column 3. Needs 20 points in Affliction first. The earliest you can finish all 3 ranks is level 32 if you put every point into this tree.
  • Competes with: Siphon Life in the same row.

Classic comparison

Classic 1.12WoW Forever
NameImproved Drain LifeSoul Siphon
PositionAffliction row 2, col 4Affliction row 5, col 3
Ranks53
Rank 1 textIncreases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.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%.

Spells this talent affects

Builds that take Soul Siphon

Questions players ask

Where is Soul Siphon in the Warlock talent tree?
Affliction tree, row 5, column 3. You need 20 points spent in Affliction before you can learn it.
Is Soul Siphon new in WoW Forever?
Soul Siphon existed in Classic (Affliction row 2, 5 ranks) as Improved Drain Life. In Forever it was changed: Classic read "Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.".

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.