Improved Drain Mana

Improved Drain Mana
	Improved Drain Mana (2 ranks); Tier 4 Affliction warlock talent; Passive; Causes 15/30% of the Mana drained by your Drain Mana spell to damage the opponent.;
Properties
Class	Warlock
Other information
Affects	[Drain Mana]

Improved Drain Mana is a warlock talent in the Affliction tree. It enhances [Drain Mana] by adding Shadow damage to its mana drain.

Functionality

In an earlier version, unskilled Drain Mana did not break crowd control, whereas Improved Drain Mana did. This has been changed, so that it breaks CC regardless of this talent.
The damage caused by this talent draws extra aggro, which may be bothering.
It does not benefit from spell damage or Shadow damage.

The extra damage bonus could be helpful, if a player used Drain Mana often. However, its damage is pretty weak and does not benefit from spell damage, making it less desirable for better geared players.
It is very important to note that this does not increase the mana given back by Drain Mana, it only adds a damage element. If you wanted to do damage while gaining mana, it may be more effective to use [Drain Life] in combination with [Life Tap].

Patch 2.0.1 (2006-12-05): Replaced by [Soul Siphon].
Patch 1.7.0 (2005-09-13): The Improved Drain Mana talent no longer does additional damage from plus damage items. This bonus damage was unintended and was a bug.
Patch 1.5.0 (2005-06-07):
- Damage caused is now considered Shadow damage and is no longer reduced by armor.
- Damage caused by this talent is now improved by the [Shadow Mastery] talent.
Patch 1.3.0 (2005-03-07): Will now report to the combat log all damage caused.

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Improved Drain Mana
Improved Drain Mana (2 ranks) Tier 4 Affliction warlock talent Passive Causes 15/30% of the Mana drained by your Drain Mana spell to damage the opponent.
Properties
Class	Warlock
Other information
Affects	[Drain Mana]