Drain

Drain usually refers to any kind of mechanic or ability that transfers a resource from one unit to another, typically health. It might also refer to the warlock's abilities [Drain Life] or [Drain Soul]. Currently, almost all of these spells are Shadow spells.

Life Drains

Life Drain spells are abilities that simultaneously damage your target and heal you. To be classified as a drain, they must heal as much as they damage the target, and only for as much as they actually caused (or for a certain percent of its damage). This form of healing is affected by healing reducing effects such as [Mortal Strike]. Their damage causes normal threat, whereas their healing does not generate any threat at all.

Some creatures, generally constructs, are immune to life draining effects.

List of Life Drain Spells

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• Direct Damage/Heal
  • [Death Coil]
• Channeled
  • [Drain Life]
• Damage/Heal over Time
  • [Siphon Life]
  • [Devouring Plague]
• Special
  • [Vampiric Embrace] (converts a part of any of your Shadow spell damage into healing to the party)

Mana Drains

Mana Drains are abilities which remove mana from the enemy's mana pool, and normally have a secondary effect. Players have historically found mana drains to be unfun and they were all removed from the game, but still remain in World of Warcraft: Classic. They could not be used against targets that do not use mana.

List of Mana Drain Spells (All Removed)

• Mana transfers (removed mana given to player)
  • [Drain Mana]
• Mana burns (removed mana converted to damage)
  • [Mana Burn]
  • [Mana Rift]
• Pure mana drains (mana is lost)
  • [Viper Sting]
  • [Mana Tap]