2.4 Mana Drain Changes

by Naive at February 15th, 2008 in PTR |

Warlocks

Quote from: Blizzard (Source)

Warlocks

Drain mana (Rank 1) now drains 63 mana every 1 sec from the target. (Was 42)
Drain mana (Rank 2) now drains 102 mana every 1 sec from the target. (Was 68)
Drain mana (Rank 3) now drains 149 mana every 1 sec from the target. (Was 99)
Drain mana (Rank 4) now drains 204 mana every 1 sec from the target. (Was 136)
Drain mana (Rank 5) now drains 254 mana every 1 sec from the target. (Was 169)
Drain mana (Rank 6) now drains 300 mana every 1 sec from the target. (Was 200)

Warlocks have received a buff to their mana drain ability. This is one change that I imagine most warlocks didn’t see coming. It’s a nice buff to contrast resilience now affecting mana drain spells. Even with max resilience affecting all mana drains by 25%, warlocks will now drain 25 more mana than before (225 mana every 1 second at max resilience).

Resilience now affects mana drain

Resilience and Mana Drain

This is one of the most significant updates to date and greatly affects hunters and priests. It doesn’t affect warlocks so much as mentioned above. Aggressive mana drain teams will definitely feel the affect as it will take them even more time to outlast the other setup. I feel the most compassionate toward hunters as viper sting is one of the strongest abilities in their arsenal.