AFFLICTION WARLOCK
Affliction Warlock is built on the Affliction talent tree and plays as a damage dealer in raids. The tree has 17 talents: 6 new in Forever, 11 changed from Classic.
AFFLICTION GUIDE
We'll write the Affliction Warlock rotation, stat priority and recommended build as the beta data settles. For now, see the talent tree below, the talent calculator and the class discussions on the forum.
WHAT IT BRINGS TO A RAID
The catalogue has no raid contribution tied only to Affliction; the ones below apply to every Warlock.
EVERY WARLOCK BRINGS
Blood PactCurse of RecklessnessCurse of the ElementsCurse of WeaknessCast slowMagic dispelOffensive dispelInterruptRitual of SummoningHealthstoneCC: HumanoidCC: Demon / ElementalCC: any typeBattle resurrection
DETAILS ON THE CLASS PAGE →TALENTS
Hover or tap a talent to read it below. Text is for the final rank.
2Improved Life Tap
5Suppression
5Improved Corruption
5Malediction
2Soul Harvest
3Improved Drains
2Improved Bane of Agony
3Fel Concentration
1Amplify Curse
3Pandemic
5Malevolence
2Nightfall
1Curse of Exhaustion
1Siphon Life
3Soul Siphon
5Shadow Mastery
1Wrack- Improved Life TapRow 1 · 2 rankMoved
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
- SuppressionRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
- Improved CorruptionRow 1 · 5 rankChanged
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
- MaledictionRow 2 · 5 rankNew
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
- Soul HarvestRow 2 · 2 rankNew
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 DrainsRow 2 · 3 rankNew
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
- Improved Bane of AgonyRow 3 · 2 rankChangedClassic name: Improved Curse of Agony
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
- Fel ConcentrationRow 3 · 3 rankChanged
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 CurseRow 3 · 1 rank · activeChanged
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.
- PandemicRow 3 · 3 rankNew
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%.
- MalevolenceRow 4 · 5 rankNew
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
- NightfallRow 4 · 2 rankChanged
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 ExhaustionRow 4 · 1 rank · activeChanged
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
- Siphon LifeRow 5 · 1 rank · activeChanged
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
- Soul SiphonRow 5 · 3 rankChangedClassic name: Improved Drain Life
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 MasteryRow 6 · 5 rankChanged
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
- WrackRow 7 · 1 rank · activeNew
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.
Removed from Classic: Improved Curse of Weakness, Improved Drain Soul, Grim Reach, Improved Drain Mana, Improved Curse of Exhaustion, Dark Pact
Talent, spell, race and raid data: talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0), from the WoW Forever beta client; data date 2026-10-14. Numbers can lag live tuning. Spell names, icons and tooltip text belong to Blizzard Entertainment. Warlock talent calculator.