How to play at 30
Apply only dots that will finish, then drain; Life Tap must leave a survivable health bar.
30 · Dots and drain
A summoned pet, one controlled enemy and a safe drain channel.
- 1
Pet and useful dots first
Let a Voidwalker establish the pull, then Corruption and Bane of Agony if the enemy will live long enough. Siphon Life is a twenty-one-point choice; on short-lived targets fewer dots can save both time and Mana.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
Summon VoidwalkerLearn 10 · Summon
CorruptionLearn 24 · Rank 3
Bane of AgonyLearn 28 · Rank 3
Siphon LifeLearn 30 · Rank 1First talent unlock: level 30 · 21+ tree pointsThe sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Drain from a stable position
Use Drain Life to recover health while damage ticks, with selected Fel Concentration helping channel safety. A Nightfall proc, if selected and actually present, permits its instant Shadow Bolt; do not interrupt every useful drain for an ordinary hard cast.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
Drain LifeLearn 30 · Rank 3
Shadow BoltLearn 28 · Rank 5
Fel Concentration11+ tree points · Row 3
Nightfall16+ tree points · Row 4The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Tap and shard without risking death
Life Tap converts health to Mana; use it between safe pulls or while healing support is agreed. Drain Soul can generate shards over its ticks, so channel in a safe window rather than expecting one shard from every button press.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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30 · Sustained damage and utility
Tank holds enemies; one utility Curse and one Bane can serve distinct purposes.
- 1
Apply the assigned utility first
Use Curse of the Elements or Tongues when assigned, then a useful Bane and Corruption on the kill target. Banes are separate from utility Curses, but only one Bane per caster can be active on the same target.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
Curse of the ElementsLearn 30 · Rank 2
Curse of TonguesLearn 26 · Rank 1Bane of AgonyLearn 28 · Rank 3CorruptionLearn 24 · Rank 3The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Drain or bolt according to the real gap
Use a safe Drain Life when health recovery matters or an actual Nightfall Shadow Bolt proc; otherwise a stationary Shadow Bolt can fill time. Keep healing allies informed before repeated Life Tap turns the assignment into extra healing load.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
Drain LifeLearn 30 · Rank 3Shadow BoltLearn 28 · Rank 5Life TapLearn 26 · Rank 3Nightfall16+ tree points · Row 4The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Control the valid creature, know the interrupt limit
Banish controls a valid Demon or Elemental; Seduction requires a Sayaad and a Humanoid without breaking damage. Felhunter is summoned at 30, but Spell Lock begins at 36 in this snapshot, so a teammate handles the current hard interrupt.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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30 · Selective multidot
Only tanked active enemies; controlled targets left untouched.
- 1
Dot durable active targets
Spread Corruption and appropriate Banes only when each enemy will survive their ticks. Leave sheep, Sap, Banish and Seduction targets clear rather than turning control into a damage pad.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Use exhaustion for a real movement need
Curse of Exhaustion, if selected, slows a valid target but occupies your Curse choice. Decide whether a movement slow or assigned Elements/Tongues effect is more useful now.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
Curse of ExhaustionLearn 25First talent unlock: level 25 · 16+ tree pointsCurse of the ElementsLearn 30 · Rank 2Curse of TonguesLearn 26 · Rank 1The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Stop spread when the group is unstable
Focus the kill target and use the available Healthstone or pet control to survive. Fear can send enemies into other packs, so use it only in clear space with a recovery plan.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Choose for the job in front of you
Duration decides dot value
Bane of Agony ramps through its duration; a target dying early loses later ticks. A quick direct finish or drain can be more useful than applying every available effect.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
Talents Forever · warlock client exporttalents tree/name/rank and spell_desc class|spell|rank; local content/talents.json and content/spells.json, build 1.60.1.70291Life Tap needs both resource bars
Health, incoming damage and healer workload matter as much as Mana. Leave health for the next hit and self-recovery; a full Mana bar at unsafe health is not successful resource management.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Your route from 10 to 60
Pick the route for your activity, then the level you need. Start at 30 for the last verified Beta stage. Later levels remain a separate plan.
Solo dots and draining recovery
Current 10–30: a pet-assisted single pull that lives long enough for Corruption and drains. Future 31–60: Wrack, additional sustain and demon health support.
When to use this route and what you give up
- Use it when
- Choose this when maintaining health and Mana over several ordinary pulls matters more than a short direct burst. Life Tap spends health, and a drain still needs a safe channel. This order is editorial; it assumes neither safe mass pulls nor measured kill speed.
- Trade-off
- Curse of Exhaustion at 25 uses the utility Curse slot; it cannot coexist with your Elements or Tongues on that target. The final 41 Affliction / 10 Demonology route omits Pandemic crit scaling and Destruction cast reduction to emphasize drain reliability and recovery.
- Change direction when
- Choose Demonology when demon survival and damage transfer are the recurring problem. Choose Destruction for a group assignment built around direct casts and controlled two-target copying.
Level 30 · 21 points · Talented 0/5
At 30, add periodic health transfer on a target that can sustain its ticks and satisfy Wrack’s later prerequisite.
Check specialization macros and ability requirements ↗
Milestone links and the full point order work without scripts. Each link opens this route up to that level, without extra Legacy points.
10–30 · current-stage point order
- 10Improved Corruption1/5
Make Corruption instant and strengthen it, allowing an application while moving into a safe drain position.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 11Improved Corruption2/5
- 12Improved Corruption3/5
- 13Improved Corruption4/5
- 14Improved Corruption5/5
- 15Improved Life Tap1/2
Get more Mana from each health-spending Tap; use it only with enough health for the next incoming hit.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 16Improved Life Tap2/2
- 17
Improved Drains1/3Improve Drain Life recovery and Drain Soul damage once those learned spells can be used safely.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 18Improved Drains2/3
- 19Improved Drains3/3
- 20Fel Concentration1/3
Protect drain channels from damage pushback, supporting recovery when the pet cannot hold every hit.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 21Fel Concentration2/3
- 22Fel Concentration3/3
- 23
Amplify Curse1/1Enable a stronger chosen Bane of Agony or later Exhaustion; it does not let two utility Curses share a target.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 24Improved Bane of Agony1/2
Start strengthening a Bane that has enough combat time to ramp rather than applying it to every nearly-dead enemy.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 25Curse of Exhaustion1/1
At 25, gain a deliberate slow for distance and drain setup, with Amplify Curse already learned as its prerequisite.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 26Nightfall1/2
Real Corruption or drain ticks can enable an instant Shadow Bolt; spend the observed proc without inventing a guaranteed one.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 27Nightfall2/2
- 28Improved Bane of Agony2/2
Finish the longer-fight Bane benefit while retaining the separate utility Curse choice.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 29
Malediction1/5Begin improving periodic damage across the dots already supporting each drain channel.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 30Siphon Life1/1
At 30, add periodic health transfer on a target that can sustain its ticks and satisfy Wrack’s later prerequisite.
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31–60 · later plan, outside the last verified cap
A future allocation using the dated talent snapshot. This does not mean these levels are currently open. Recheck after a patch.
- 31Soul Siphon1/3
Improve drains according to other Affliction effects actually active on this target, within the stated cap.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 32Soul Siphon2/3
- 33Soul Siphon3/3
- 34Malediction2/5
Add another periodic-damage rank to support the existing dots before deeper Shadow damage.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 35
Shadow Mastery1/5Improve Shadow damage and drained health across the core sustain spells.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 36Shadow Mastery2/5
- 37Shadow Mastery3/5
- 38Shadow Mastery4/5
- 39Shadow Mastery5/5
- 40
Wrack1/1At 40, unlock the drain-style spell that also increases your other Shadow dots on the target; use a safe casting window.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 41Malediction3/5
Finish the periodic-damage benefit for the deeper dot-and-drain pattern.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 42Malediction4/5
- 43Malediction5/5
- 44
Suppression1/5Add hit chance and lower all generated threat, useful when the same sustain route joins a tanked group.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 45Suppression2/5
- 46Suppression3/5
- 47Suppression4/5
- 48Suppression5/5
- 49
Soul Harvest1/2A qualifying Drain Soul kill supplies a regeneration window; it is conditional on the target dying with your drain active.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 50Soul Harvest2/2
- 51
Demonic Embrace1/5Add Stamina as a buffer for health-spending Tap and incidental hits during the recovery pattern.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 52Demonic Embrace2/5
- 53Demonic Embrace3/5
- 54Demonic Embrace4/5
- 55Demonic Embrace5/5
- 56
Fel Vitality1/3Increase demon health/Mana and your maximum Mana, keeping the pet-assisted pull viable for longer fights.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 57Fel Vitality2/3
- 58Fel Vitality3/3
- 59
Demonic Energies1/2Spell damage heals the active pet and Life Tap shares Mana with it, supporting both resource bars without granting Soul Link.
Talents Forever · warlock client export - 60Demonic Energies2/2
Route sources and verification boundaries
The point order and trade-offs are editorial recommendations, not a measured fastest route. Every point has passed level, row and prerequisite validation against 1.60.1.70291. No in-game combat test is claimed.
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Blizzard · Rogue and Warlock deep diveBaseline abilities and each talent-tree section · 2026-10-12
Blizzard · October 1 Beta level capOctober 1: Changes and Updates — maximum level 30 · 2026-10-12
Mistakes that change the outcome
Wrack is not the current filler
Wrack requires thirty-one Affliction points and starts at 40. The level-30 sequence uses actual drains, dots and Shadow Bolt instead.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Fear plus dots is not guaranteed control
Damage can break Fear and fleeing enemies may link other groups. Treat it as conditional control rather than an endless safe solo loop.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Plan for 60 after unlocks
36–60 · interrupt and new drain
Spell Lock begins at 36, Wrack at the thirty-one-point gate from 40 and Bane of Doom at 60. Re-evaluate sustained and utility priorities after those unlocks.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
Spell LockLearn 52 · Rank 2 · FutureWrackLearn 40 · Rank 1 · FutureFirst talent unlock: level 40 · 31+ tree points
Bane of DoomLearn 60 · FutureThe sequence is our recommendation. Linked client records support the mechanics and gates; they do not prove a measured optimal rotation.
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Facts, author observations and verification limits
Last verified international cap: 30, announced October 1. Snapshot: 1.60.1.70291. Ordinary budget: 21, Talented 0/5. This is not a live cap check or a region-deployment claim.
Blizzard · October 1 Beta level cap
Scenario-based editorial actions based on dated client facts and selected official corroboration. No combat test, DPS simulation, gear ranking or BiS is claimed.
Only Mage has a publisher-recorded trainer check. The remaining class spellbooks are client-file records. We independently checked these action references against the saved snapshot, not against a running game. Historical comparisons remain in their own labeled paragraph or talent reference.
- OFFICIAL NOTE
Banes and Curses coexist in different slots
Official notes separate Agony/Doom into Banes and expand Elements to all magic damage. The client tooltip limits a single caster’s Bane per target; current actions respect that limit.
Abilities, conditions & paragraph sources
The paragraph keeps its stated evidence type.
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Stat priorities at 30
Upgrade priorities for level-30 play, not simulated stat weights. First keep enough health and resources for your role; compare upgrades of similar level. Hit and critical chance depend on the target and your allocated talents; no universal cap is assumed.
- Spell power
- Stamina
- Intellect
- Critical chance
Pandemic changes critical damage for its named spells. Keep stamina for safe Life Tap use and enough spell power for sustained damage; do not assume Classic damage-over-time critical rules.
Read the mechanics behind this choice
These effects apply only with the named talent and its required ranks. The excerpt shows rank 1; your own build may differ.
Pandemic ↗
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%.
Improved Life Tap ↗
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
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Gear worth comparing
Sourced candidates, not a complete BiS set. Item requirements and class proficiency are checked for level 30; weapon training and extra profession requirements still need checking on your character. Database item values are not pinned to the client build.
Use level 27
Acquisition
City of Dalaran ↗
Use level 22
Acquisition
Lesser Wizard's Robe
Recipe and materials ↗
Use level 27 · DPS 31.18 · 1.7s
Acquisition
City of Dalaran ↗
Before the next dungeon
Bring emergency recovery first; the listed elixir is optional. Check the current tooltip for buff conflicts and cooldown sharing before buying a stack. Crafting skill is not the same as the item’s use level.
Greater Healing Potion
Health restored: 455–585 · cooldown 2 min
Use level 21
Minor Arcane Elixir
Up to +5 spell damage for 30 min. Optional sustained damage; this effect does not grant healing power.
Use level 1A low-level use error has been reported for Minor Arcane Elixir. Verify a single dose on your current client before stocking up.
Minor Mageblood Elixir
3 Mana every 5 sec for 30 min. Optional recovery for longer pulls; it does not replace drinking.
Use level 5
Spellblasting Potion
+16 spell damage for 30 sec. Optional burst: check the shared potion cooldown before spending your emergency recovery opportunity.
Use level 25Client field interpretation
These three effects use the saved 1.60.1.70338 base-value and duration fields; they have no level scaling in those records. Availability and buff stacking have not been tested on the server.
Minor Arcane Elixir
Recorded value 5 · Duration 1800s · #1245244
Original effect template
Increases spell damage by up to $s1 for $d.
Minor Mageblood Elixir
Recorded value 3 · Duration 1800s · #1250942
Original effect template
Drink to regenerate $s1 mana every 5 sec. Lasts for $d.
Spellblasting Potion
Recorded value 16 · Duration 30s · #1251923
Original effect template
Increases Spell Damage by $s1 for $d.
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What this tree offers
Damage-over-time and draining spells.
Prepare your demon and manage effects across each target.
Pet control and health-to-Mana decisions need attention.
Four talents to understand first
Selected by position, active effects and named dependencies. This is a reading guide to the tree, not a damage ranking or a recommendation to take every node.
Wrack
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.
200 Mana | 30 yd range | Channeled
- Earlier rows in this tree: 30 points
- Siphon Life 1/1
This row needs more than a normal level-30 character’s 21-point budget. Treat it as later-level planning.
Siphon Life
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
150 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant
- Earlier rows in this tree: 20 points
Improved Life Tap
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
- Earlier rows in this tree: 0 points
Shadow Mastery
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
- Earlier rows in this tree: 25 points
This row needs more than a normal level-30 character’s 21-point budget. Treat it as later-level planning.
Unlocks and phase limits
A new row requires five points per earlier row in this same tree. Points in the current row or another tree do not help unlock it. Named prerequisites must reach their required rank; some are in the same row.
| Character level | Normal points | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | Normal talent progression starts here. |
| 30 | 21 | The last verified international Beta cap announcement is 30; this is not a live cap check. |
| 60 | 51 | The sourced community example below is a 60-level plan. |
Talented can unlock points up to five levels earlier while retaining the 51-point ceiling. The examples here use Talented 0/5. Check your character’s unlock and the separate region guide before using an earlier-point assumption.
A real Affliction community example
Warlock · Affliction
Anonymous community configuration · Talents Forever
The point allocation and share payload pass this snapshot’s rules. That does not establish gameplay performance. The source publishes the configuration anonymously and supplies no individual author identity.
Checked against 1.60.1.70291 · 2026-10-11For a Beta-sized plan, open a blank calculator with your character’s level and available Legacy rank. A 60-level share link will restore the 60-level example, not automatically truncate it to 30.
A legal leveling order for this example
Reconstructed by this site from the exact saved points, using the current row and prerequisite rules. The public source provides no original leveling chronology. This order is valid for the example; it is not a tested fastest or best leveling route.
Show all 51 allocated levels · 10–60
| Level | Talent | Rank after allocation | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Suppression | 1/5 | Affliction |
| 11 | Suppression | 2/5 | Affliction |
| 12 | Suppression | 3/5 | Affliction |
| 13 | Suppression | 4/5 | Affliction |
| 14 | Suppression | 5/5 | Affliction |
| 15 | Improved Corruption | 1/5 | Affliction |
| 16 | Improved Corruption | 2/5 | Affliction |
| 17 | Improved Corruption | 3/5 | Affliction |
| 18 | Improved Corruption | 4/5 | Affliction |
| 19 | Improved Corruption | 5/5 | Affliction |
| 20 | Malediction | 1/5 | Affliction |
| 21 | Malediction | 2/5 | Affliction |
| 22 | Malediction | 3/5 | Affliction |
| 23 | Malediction | 4/5 | Affliction |
| 24 | Malediction | 5/5 | Affliction |
| 25 | Improved Drains | 1/3 | Affliction |
| 26 | Improved Drains | 2/3 | Affliction |
| 27 | Improved Drains | 3/3 | Affliction |
| 28 | Improved Bane of Agony | 1/2 | Affliction |
| 29 | Improved Bane of Agony | 2/2 | Affliction |
| 30 |  Pandemic | 1/3 | Affliction |
| 31 | Pandemic | 2/3 | Affliction |
| 32 | Pandemic | 3/3 | Affliction |
| 33 |  Malevolence | 1/5 | Affliction |
| 34 | Malevolence | 2/5 | Affliction |
| 35 | Malevolence | 3/5 | Affliction |
| 36 | Malevolence | 4/5 | Affliction |
| 37 | Malevolence | 5/5 | Affliction |
| 38 | Nightfall | 1/2 | Affliction |
| 39 | Nightfall | 2/2 | Affliction |
| 40 | Siphon Life | 1/1 | Affliction |
| 41 | Soul Siphon | 1/3 | Affliction |
| 42 | Soul Siphon | 2/3 | Affliction |
| 43 | Soul Siphon | 3/3 | Affliction |
| 44 | Shadow Mastery | 1/5 | Affliction |
| 45 | Shadow Mastery | 2/5 | Affliction |
| 46 | Shadow Mastery | 3/5 | Affliction |
| 47 | Shadow Mastery | 4/5 | Affliction |
| 48 | Shadow Mastery | 5/5 | Affliction |
| 49 | Wrack | 1/1 | Affliction |
| 50 | Demonic Embrace | 1/5 | Demonology |
| 51 | Demonic Embrace | 2/5 | Demonology |
| 52 | Demonic Embrace | 3/5 | Demonology |
| 53 | Demonic Embrace | 4/5 | Demonology |
| 54 | Demonic Embrace | 5/5 | Demonology |
| 55 |  Demonic Aegis | 1/2 | Demonology |
| 56 | Demonic Aegis | 2/2 | Demonology |
| 57 | Fel Vitality | 1/3 | Demonology |
| 58 | Fel Vitality | 2/3 | Demonology |
| 59 | Fel Vitality | 3/3 | Demonology |
| 60 |  Demonic Sacrifice | 1/1 | Demonology |
Complete Affliction talent reference
All nodes and rank effects from the dated Beta export are available below. Expand a node for the translated effect, English original and requirements.
Improved Life Tap
- Rank 1/2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
- Rank 2/2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Suppression
- Rank 1/5
Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
- Rank 2/5
Improves your chance to hit by 2% and reduces all threat you generate by 8%.
- Rank 3/5
Improves your chance to hit by 3% and reduces all threat you generate by 12%.
- Rank 4/5
Improves your chance to hit by 4% and reduces all threat you generate by 16%.
- Rank 5/5
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Improved Corruption
- Rank 1/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.
- Rank 2/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.8 sec and increases the damage it deals by 4%.
- Rank 3/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 1.2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 6%.
- Rank 4/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 1.6 sec and increases the damage it deals by 8%.
- Rank 5/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
Malediction
- Rank 1/5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
- Rank 2/5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 2%.
- Rank 3/5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 3%.
- Rank 4/5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 4%.
- Rank 5/5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
Soul Harvest
- Rank 1/2
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.
- Rank 2/2
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.
Improved Drains
- Rank 1/3
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.
- Rank 2/3
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 13%.
- Rank 3/3
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
Improved Bane of Agony
- Rank 1/2
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
- Rank 2/2
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Fel Concentration
- Rank 1/3
Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.
- Rank 2/3
Gives you a 47% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.
- Rank 3/3
Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.
Amplify Curse
Instant | 3 min cooldown
- Rank 1/1
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.
Pandemic
- Rank 1/3
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%.
- Rank 2/3
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%.
- Rank 3/3
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%.
Malevolence
- Rank 1/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
- Rank 2/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 2%.
- Rank 3/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 3%.
- Rank 4/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 4%.
- Rank 5/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Nightfall
- Rank 1/2
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%.
- Rank 2/2
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%.
Curse of Exhaustion
8% of base mana | 30 yd range | Instant
- Rank 1/1
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Siphon Life
150 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant
- Rank 1/1
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Soul Siphon
- Rank 1/3
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%.
- Rank 2/3
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%.
- Rank 3/3
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%.
Shadow Mastery
- Rank 1/5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1%.
- Rank 2/5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.
- Rank 3/5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 3%.
- Rank 4/5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 4%.
- Rank 5/5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
Wrack
200 Mana | 30 yd range | Channeled
- Rank 1/1
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.
Class abilities and announced changes
These are associated class references, not a complete specialization rotation. Learn levels, talents, forms and cooldowns still determine which abilities your character can use.
Life Tap
This official note does not state a learn level; see the spellbook for client ranks and conditions.Its Mana return now scales with Spirit.
Bane of Agony
This official note does not state a learn level; see the spellbook for client ranks and conditions.The damaging effect formerly called Curse of Agony.
Banes separate from Curses
Damaging Banes and utility Curses occupy distinct roles.
Pets scale with their master
Summoned pets now scale from the Warlock’s stats.
Sources and verification scope
Talent data: Talents Forever — Chris Baldwin · CC BY 4.0
- Client snapshot
- 1.60.1.70291
- Export generated
- 2026-10-09
- Data checked
- 2026-10-11
This is a community client export with selected official cross-checks, not proof that every numerical effect has been independently confirmed by Blizzard or tested in combat. Game art and spell text belong to Blizzard Entertainment.
Current content includes explicit level-30 scenario actions, resource decisions and class duties, labeled as editorial advice based on the linked mechanics. The talent reference and level-60 community plan are separate. Combat-tested rotations, damage/healing simulations and encounter-specific BiS have not been established here.
