Warlock Talents
Every Warlock talent in World of Warcraft: Forever — laid out in its real grid position, with per-rank effect text, prerequisites and point requirements, plus a recommended levelling path from 10 to 60. Hover, tap or tab to any node.
On this page 3 sections
Source tiers
- Official or client data
- Verbatim reporting, hands-on
- Provisional or placeholder
- Our analysis
Tree data is Wowhead's datamined Forever dataset (dv=30), pulled 18 October 2026.
It carries the talent changes of the 1 October beta build (70170) and the
8 and 15 October notes, and was spot-checked against Blizzard's beta development notes.
Our live-client check (C_Traits node walk, build 70450, 17 October 2026 — the 15 October build) matched every visible talent's name, rank count, spell ID and position; two Frost Mage talents Wowhead had swapped are corrected to the client. On 24 October 2026 we rendered every tooltip from the client’s own tables for the latest build (1.60.1.70532): 51 of 52 Warlock talents read exactly as shown here, and where the client differed its text is used. The rest are marked Not client-checked, with the reason in the tooltip — usually a figure that depends on your level or stats.
Talents where sources disagree carry a Disputed flag.
What changed in the Warlock trees since the 25 September 2026 client check
Added:
- Grim Reach (Affliction row 2)
Removed:
- Malediction (Affliction row 2)
Changed:
- Soul Harvest: renamed from Soul Harvesting; effect text changed
- Amplify Curse: effect text changed
- Shadow Mastery: effect text changed
- Wrack: effect text changed
- Demonic Brand: effect text changed
- Destructive Reach: effect text changed
Recommended levelling path D C
Affliction to Wrack, Demonology 20 for pet and survivability
instant Corruption, then Soul Harvest and Improved Drains for sustain, Improved Life Tap for mana, Nightfall procs. 31-40 completes Affliction to the 31-pt Wrack via Siphon Life (its prerequisite) and Shadow Mastery (+10% Shadow damage since 15 October); Demonology 20 then adds Stamina (Life Tap fuel) and a tougher, self-healing Voidwalker.
- Source tier D — our analysis: D Levels 10–30: our order. Built from Blizzard’s class notes and checked against the tree; no published Forever build matched it.
- Source tier C — provisional or placeholder data: C Levels 31–60: derived. No Forever source published past the beta's level-30 cap, so these steps are the classic levelling build for the spec, fitted to the current tree.
At level 30, the beta’s cap (21 points): Affliction 21 / Demonology 0 / Destruction 0. At 60 (51 points): Affliction 31 / Demonology 20 / Destruction 0.
- 14 Instant Corruption
- 19 Soul Harvest + Improved Drains done
- 25 Nightfall (16-pt row)
- 32 Siphon Life (21-pt)
- 39 Shadow Mastery 5/5 (+10%)
- 40 Wrack (31-pt)
- 45 Demonic Embrace 5/5
- 60 31 Affliction / 20 Demonology
The trees below show the whole plan at level 60: a badge gives the level of each talent’s first point, and the rank readout shows the ranks planned.
Level by level
Levels 10–20 D our order · 11 pointsImproved Corruption 5/5, Soul Harvest 2/2, Improved Drains 3/3, Improved Life Tap 1/2
| Level | Tree | Talent | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Affliction | Improved Corruption | 1/5 |
| 11 | Affliction | Improved Corruption | 2/5 |
| 12 | Affliction | Improved Corruption | 3/5 |
| 13 | Affliction | Improved Corruption | 4/5 |
| 14 | Affliction | Improved CorruptionInstant Corruption | 5/5 |
| 15 | Affliction | Soul Harvest | 1/2 |
| 16 | Affliction | Soul Harvest | 2/2 |
| 17 | Affliction | Improved Drains | 1/3 |
| 18 | Affliction | Improved Drains | 2/3 |
| 19 | Affliction | Improved DrainsSoul Harvest + Improved Drains done | 3/3 |
| 20 | Affliction | Improved Life Tap | 1/2 |
Levels 21–30 D our order · 10 points · beta cap at 30Improved Life Tap 2/2, Grim Reach 2/2, Suppression 1/5, Nightfall 2/2, Malevolence 4/5
| Level | Tree | Talent | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Affliction | Improved Life Tap | 2/2 |
| 22 | Affliction | Grim Reach | 1/2 |
| 23 | Affliction | Grim Reach | 2/2 |
| 24 | Affliction | Suppression | 1/5 |
| 25 | Affliction | NightfallNightfall (16-pt row) | 1/2 |
| 26 | Affliction | Nightfall | 2/2 |
| 27 | Affliction | Malevolence | 1/5 |
| 28 | Affliction | Malevolence | 2/5 |
| 29 | Affliction | Malevolence | 3/5 |
| 30 | Affliction | MalevolenceBeta cap — 21 points | 4/5 |
Levels 31–40 C derived · 10 pointsMalevolence 5/5, Siphon Life 1/1, Soul Siphon 2/3, Shadow Mastery 5/5, Wrack 1/1
| Level | Tree | Talent | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 | Affliction | Malevolence | 5/5 |
| 32 | Affliction | Siphon LifeSiphon Life (21-pt) | 1/1 |
| 33 | Affliction | Soul Siphon | 1/3 |
| 34 | Affliction | Soul Siphon | 2/3 |
| 35 | Affliction | Shadow Mastery | 1/5 |
| 36 | Affliction | Shadow Mastery | 2/5 |
| 37 | Affliction | Shadow Mastery | 3/5 |
| 38 | Affliction | Shadow Mastery | 4/5 |
| 39 | Affliction | Shadow MasteryShadow Mastery 5/5 (+10%) | 5/5 |
| 40 | Affliction | WrackWrack (31-pt) | 1/1 |
Levels 41–50 C derived · 10 pointsDemonic Embrace 5/5, Demonic Energies 2/2, Fel Vitality 3/3
| Level | Tree | Talent | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | Demonology | Demonic Embrace | 1/5 |
| 42 | Demonology | Demonic Embrace | 2/5 |
| 43 | Demonology | Demonic Embrace | 3/5 |
| 44 | Demonology | Demonic Embrace | 4/5 |
| 45 | Demonology | Demonic EmbraceDemonic Embrace 5/5 | 5/5 |
| 46 | Demonology | Demonic Energies | 1/2 |
| 47 | Demonology | Demonic Energies | 2/2 |
| 48 | Demonology | Fel Vitality | 1/3 |
| 49 | Demonology | Fel Vitality | 2/3 |
| 50 | Demonology | Fel Vitality | 3/3 |
Levels 51–60 C derived · 10 pointsUnholy Power 5/5, Improved Voidwalker 3/3, Improved Health Funnel 2/2
| Level | Tree | Talent | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Demonology | Unholy Power | 1/5 |
| 52 | Demonology | Unholy Power | 2/5 |
| 53 | Demonology | Unholy Power | 3/5 |
| 54 | Demonology | Unholy Power | 4/5 |
| 55 | Demonology | Unholy Power | 5/5 |
| 56 | Demonology | Improved Voidwalker | 1/3 |
| 57 | Demonology | Improved Voidwalker | 2/3 |
| 58 | Demonology | Improved Voidwalker | 3/3 |
| 59 | Demonology | Improved Health Funnel | 1/2 |
| 60 | Demonology | Improved Health Funnel31 Affliction / 20 Demonology | 2/2 |
Notes
- Legacy “Talented”: the Legacy perk can unlock talent points up to 5 levels early. This path assumes you do not have it; with it, take each step up to 5 levels sooner.
- Dual spec at 40. Blizzard’s class deep dives give Dual Specialization at level 40 for every class.
- 10-30 is the KB build; gates hold on dv=30 (re-checked 2026-10-18). The 15 October build replaced Malediction (+5% periodic damage) with Grim Reach (+10/20% Affliction range). Its 5 points now buy sustain first - Soul Harvest 2 and Improved Drains 3 at 15-19 - then Improved Life Tap 2, Grim Reach 2 and Suppression 1 at 20-24. That 15-24 order is ours (KB 400.30.4, tier D): no published build postdates 15 October. The Affliction total is 10 at 19 and 15 at 24, so every later gate holds. Improved Bane of Agony 2 can replace Grim Reach if you prefer damage to range. Wowhead's level-30 build (6 Oct, pre-15 Oct, still with Malediction 5) spends its 21 points on Improved Life Tap 2, Suppression 4, Improved Corruption 5, Malediction 5, Improved Drains 3, Amplify Curse and Soul Siphon 1 - no Soul Harvest, Nightfall or Malevolence; lean that way (more Suppression) if spells miss. 31-60 is derived (tier C); the KB's own alternative (Demonic Embrace early) is the swap if dying is the problem.
Sources for this path (5)
KB 400_Forever/400.30.4_Forever_Warlock.md2026-10-18KB §3 levelling 10-30 (copied exactly; 15-24 re-cut for the 15 Oct build)- wowhead.com › level-30-dps-overview 2026-10-06Wowhead Affliction L30: Imp Life Tap 2, Suppression 4, Imp Corruption 5, Malediction 5, Imp Drains 3, Amplify Curse, Soul Siphon 1 (guide last updated 2026-10-09, pre-15 Oct; Malediction no longer exists)
- news.blizzard.com › 24310968 2026-10-07Blizzard Rogue & Warlock deep dive
- nether.wowhead.com › talents-classic?dv=30 2026-10-18Tree structure, gates, prerequisites (site/foreversite/data/talents.json, post-15 Oct tree)
- us.forums.blizzard.com › 6 2026-10-15Beta development notes, 15 October build (Malediction replaced by Grim Reach, Shadow Mastery doubled)
How to read a node Source tier A — official Blizzard or live client data: A
The rail down the left is the points you must already have spent in that tree to unlock
the row. The talent itself then costs one more. The pips under each name are its rank
track — four pips means four ranks — and the N/M readout beside them is the same thing in text. On a path talent the filled pips and the readout show the ranks the path puts in it by level 60 (or by the level you pick in the slider above). Arrows are prerequisites and point
from the talent you need to the talent it unlocks.
Hover, tap, or tab to any node for its full effect text, every rank, and its prerequisite. Nothing here is hover-only: the same text is in the page for screen readers, and the table under each tree carries all of it without JavaScript.
Affliction 17 talents
Every Affliction talent as a table (max rank text, levelling path) — works without JavaScript
| Row | Talent | Pts | Levelling path | At max rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improved Life Tap Path L20 | 0 | 2/2 · L20–21 | Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%. |
| 1 | Suppression Path L24 | 0 | 1/5 · L24 | Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%. |
| 1 | Improved Corruption Path L10 | 0 | 5/5 · L10–14 | Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%. |
| 2 | Grim Reach New Path L22 | 5 | 2/2 · L22–23 | Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%. |
| 2 | Soul Harvest Path L15 | 5 | 2/2 · L15–16 | Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 100% for 10 sec and allows 100% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting. |
| 2 | Improved Drains Path L17 | 5 | 3/3 · L17–19 | Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%. |
| 3 | Improved Bane of Agony | 10 | — | Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%. |
| 3 | Fel Concentration | 10 | — | Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage. |
| 3 | Amplify Curse | 10 | — | Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec. |
| 3 | Pandemic | 10 | — | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 100%. |
| 4 | Malevolence Path L27 | 15 | 5/5 · L27–31 | Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%. |
| 4 | Nightfall Path L25 | 15 | 2/2 · L25–26 | Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%. |
| 4 | Curse of Exhaustion | 15 | — | Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target. Requires 1 rank of Amplify Curse. |
| 5 | Siphon Life Path L32 | 20 | 1/1 · L32 | Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec. |
| 5 | Soul Siphon Path L33 | 20 | 2/3 · L33–34 | 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%. |
| 6 | Shadow Mastery Path L35 | 25 | 5/5 · L35–39 | Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%. |
| 7 | Wrack Path L40 | 30 | 1/1 · L40 | Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec. Requires 1 rank of Siphon Life. |
Demonology 19 talents
Every Demonology talent as a table (max rank text, levelling path) — works without JavaScript
| Row | Talent | Pts | Levelling path | At max rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Improved Health Funnel Path L59 | 0 | 2/2 · L59–60 | Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 40%, reduces its health cost by 30%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 100%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health. |
| 1 | Improved Imp | 0 | — | Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%. |
| 1 | Demonic Embrace Path L41 | 0 | 5/5 · L41–45 | Increases your total Stamina by 15%. |
| 1 | Unholy Power Path L51 | 0 | 5/5 · L51–55 | Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%. |
| 2 | Demonic Aegis | 5 | — | Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%. |
| 2 | Improved Voidwalker Path L56 | 5 | 3/3 · L56–58 | Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%. |
| 2 | Fel Vitality Path L48 | 5 | 3/3 · L48–50 | Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%. |
| 2 | Demonic Energies Path L46 | 5 | 2/2 · L46–47 | You heal your pet for 15% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 100% of the Mana you gain. |
| 3 | Improved Sayaad | 10 | — | Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 30%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 30%. |
| 3 | Demonic Sacrifice | 10 | — | When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hrs. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned. Imp: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Voidwalker: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Fire damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 sec. |
| 3 | Master Summoner | 10 | — | Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%. |
| 4 | Decimation | 15 | — | Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards. |
| 4 | Fel Domination | 15 | — | Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%. Requires 2 ranks of Master Summoner. |
| 4 | Demonic Brand Not client-checked | 15 | — | Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage at level 60, plus 7.8% of your spell power, based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat. |
| 5 | Improved Felhunter | 20 | — | Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 30%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 6 sec. |
| 5 | Soul Link | 20 | — | When active, 30% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Demon instead. In addition, both the Demon and the master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the Demon is active. Requires 1 rank of Demonic Sacrifice. |
| 5 | Demonic Knowledge | 20 | — | Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 100% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active. |
| 6 | Master Demonologist | 25 | — | Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 10%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 10%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 10%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 10%. |
| 7 | Demonic Pact | 30 | — | Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect. Requires 1 rank of Soul Link. |
Destruction 16 talents
Every Destruction talent as a table (max rank text, levelling path) — works without JavaScript
| Row | Talent | Pts | Levelling path | At max rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Destructive Reach | 0 | — | Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%. |
| 1 | Improved Shadow Bolt | 0 | — | Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec. |
| 1 | Bane | 0 | — | Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec. |
| 2 | Molten Skin | 5 | — | Reduces all damage taken by 10%. |
| 2 | Cataclysm | 5 | — | Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%. |
| 2 | Aftermath | 5 | — | Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 50% and your Conflagrate spell has a 100% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. |
| 3 | Ruin | 10 | — | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%. |
| 3 | Shadowburn | 10 | — | Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 74 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard. |
| 4 | Intensity | 15 | — | Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage. |
| 4 | Agonizing Flames | 15 | — | Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%. |
| 4 | Conflagrate | 15 | — | Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 111 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect. |
| 5 | Pyroclasm | 20 | — | Gives your Soul Fire spell a 26% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 26% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec. Requires 3 ranks of Intensity. |
| 5 | Bane of Havoc | 20 | — | Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target. |
| 5 | Fire and Brimstone | 20 | — | Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%. Requires 1 rank of Conflagrate. |
| 6 | Shadow and Flame | 25 | — | Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard. |
| 7 | Incinerate | 30 | — | Deals 100 to 114 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate. Requires 1 rank of Bane of Havoc. |
What the beta tested: level 30 Source tier A — official Blizzard or live client data: A
The beta was capped at level 30 from 1 October until it closed, which gives 21 talent points (points = level − 9). That reaches a row-5 talent — the ones whose rail reads 20 pts — including the new 16-point “gold medal” row. At level 20 you have 11 points, enough for a row-3 talent and nothing beyond.
On the recommended path those 21 points go 21 into Affliction — every one of them sourced (tier B).
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Data as of 18 October 2026: tree and ranks from the Wowhead Forever dataset
(dv=30, post-15 October build) · names, max ranks, spell IDs and
positions client-verified (C_Traits, build 70450, 17 October 2026) and every tooltip rendered from the client’s own tables
(build 1.60.1.70532) — tier A except talents marked “Not client-checked” · changes cross-checked against Blizzard's beta
development notes of 1, 8 and 15 October · annotations from KB 400.30.4 / 400.30.6 · levelling path from data/levelling_paths.json (levels 10–30 sourced or our own order, 31–60 derived; the guide says which), validated against this tree.
Last updated 24 October 2026.
Rank scaling
- Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
- Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 20–21 (our order, tier D).
Rank scaling
- Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
- Improves your chance to hit by 2% and reduces all threat you generate by 8%.
- Improves your chance to hit by 3% and reduces all threat you generate by 12%.
- Improves your chance to hit by 4% and reduces all threat you generate by 16%.
- Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Recommended levelling path: 1/5. Rank taken at level 24 (our order, tier D).
Rank scaling
- Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.
- Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.8 sec and increases the damage it deals by 4%.
- Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 1.2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 6%.
- Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 1.6 sec and increases the damage it deals by 8%.
- Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 10–14 (our order, tier D).
Rank scaling
- Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%.
- Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.
Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 22–23 (our order, tier D).
Replaced Malediction (+1–5% periodic damage) on 15 October: +10/20% range on Affliction spells.
Rank scaling
- Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 50% for 10 sec and allows 50% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
- Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 100% for 10 sec and allows 100% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 15–16 (our order, tier D).
Called Soul Harvesting until 1 October; renamed Soul Harvest, and its 50/100% Mana-regeneration increase now actually works.
Rank scaling
- Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.
- Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 13%.
- Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 17–19 (our order, tier D).
Rank scaling
- Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
- Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Rank scaling
- Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
- Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 47% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
- Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.
Rank scaling
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 33%.
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 67%.
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Wrack spells by 100%.
Rank scaling
- Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
- Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 2%.
- Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 3%.
- Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 4%.
- Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 27–31 (our order to 30 (D), derived after (C)).
Rank scaling
- Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.
- Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.
Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 25–26 (our order, tier D).
Requires: 1 rank of Amplify Curse
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Recommended levelling path: 1/1. Rank taken at level 32 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- 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%.
- Increases 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%.
- 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%.
Recommended levelling path: 2/3. Ranks taken at levels 33–34 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.
- Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 4%.
- Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 6%.
- Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 8%.
- Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.
Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 35–39 (derived, tier C).
Doubled on 15 October: +2/4/6/8/10% Shadow damage (was 1–5%).
Requires: 1 rank of Siphon Life
Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.
Recommended levelling path: 1/1. Rank taken at level 40 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%, reduces its health cost by 15%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 50%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.
- Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 40%, reduces its health cost by 30%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 100%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.
Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 59–60 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 10% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 10%.
- Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 20% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 20%.
- Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.
Rank scaling
- Increases your total Stamina by 3%.
- Increases your total Stamina by 6%.
- Increases your total Stamina by 9%.
- Increases your total Stamina by 12%.
- Increases your total Stamina by 15%.
Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 41–45 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 2%.
- Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 4%.
- Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 6%.
- Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 8%.
- Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
Recommended levelling path: 5/5. Ranks taken at levels 51–55 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.
- Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
Rank scaling
- Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 10%.
- Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 20%.
- Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.
Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 56–58 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%.
- Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 10%, and increases your maximum Mana by 10%.
- Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.
Recommended levelling path: 3/3. Ranks taken at levels 48–50 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- You heal your pet for 8% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 50% of the Mana you gain.
- You heal your pet for 15% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 100% of the Mana you gain.
Recommended levelling path: 2/2. Ranks taken at levels 46–47 (derived, tier C).
Rank scaling
- Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 10%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 10%.
- Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 20%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 20%.
- Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 30%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 30%.
When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hrs. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned. Imp: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Voidwalker: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Fire damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 sec.
Rank scaling
- Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.
- Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
Rank scaling
- Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 3% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 20% and costs no Soul Shards.
- Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards.
Requires: 2 ranks of Master Summoner
Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.
Rank scaling
- Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 attacks against the target deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage at level 60, plus 7.8% of your spell power, based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.
- Your Searing Pain generates 33% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 4 attacks against the target deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage at level 60, plus 7.8% of your spell power, based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.
- Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage at level 60, plus 7.8% of your spell power, based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.
Not fully client-checked: the damage depends on your spell power and level; the 65 to 68 figure is Wowhead's.
Rank scaling
- Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 sec.
- Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 20%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 4 sec.
- Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 30%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 6 sec.
Requires: 1 rank of Demonic Sacrifice
When active, 30% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Demon instead. In addition, both the Demon and the master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the Demon is active.
Rank scaling
- Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.
- Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 67% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.
- Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 100% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.
Rank scaling
- Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 2%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 2%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 2%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 2%.
- Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 4%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 4%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 4%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 4%.
- Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 6%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 6%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 6%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 6%.
- Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 8%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 8%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 8%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 8%.
- Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 10%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 10%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 10%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 10%.
Requires: 1 rank of Soul Link
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Rank scaling
- Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%.
- Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.
Narrowed on 15 October: +10/20% range on Destruction spells only (it was every damaging spell). Affliction now has its own range talent, Grim Reach.
Rank scaling
- Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 4% for 12 sec.
- Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 8% for 12 sec.
- Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 12% for 12 sec.
- Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 16% for 12 sec.
- Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
Rank scaling
- Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.
- Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.2 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.8 sec.
- Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.3 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.2 sec.
- Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.4 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.6 sec.
- Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
Rank scaling
- Reduces all damage taken by 2%.
- Reduces all damage taken by 4%.
- Reduces all damage taken by 6%.
- Reduces all damage taken by 8%.
- Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
Rank scaling
- Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%.
- Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 6%.
- Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
Rank scaling
- Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 10% and your Conflagrate spell has a 20% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
- Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 20% and your Conflagrate spell has a 40% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
- Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 30% and your Conflagrate spell has a 60% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
- Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 40% and your Conflagrate spell has a 80% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
- Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 50% and your Conflagrate spell has a 100% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.
Rank scaling
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%.
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 40%.
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 60%.
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 80%.
- Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 74 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
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Rank scaling
- Gives your Destruction spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
- Gives your Destruction spells a 47% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
- Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Rank scaling
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%.
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 7% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 7%.
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 111 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.
Requires: 3 ranks of Intensity
Rank scaling
- Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.
- Gives your Soul Fire spell a 26% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 26% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.
Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Requires: 1 rank of Conflagrate
Rank scaling
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 17%.
- Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
Rank scaling
- Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 20% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 20% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
- Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 4% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 4% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 40% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 40% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
- Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 6% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 6% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 60% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 60% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
- Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 8% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 8% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 80% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 80% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
- Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
Requires: 1 rank of Bane of Havoc
Deals 100 to 114 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Placeholder number. The flat damage or absorb figure in this text carries Wowhead’s per-level scaling marker and is not a real value.