Warlock class reference
Warlock talents
The Warlock talent trees from the game files: every talent in its row, with its ranks and what the first and last rank do.
- Trees
- 3
- Talents
- 52
- Abilities
- Warlock abilities
Affliction
Row 1 · 0 points in Affliction · from level 10
Improved Life Tap
Rank 1: Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
Rank 2: Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Suppression
Rank 1: Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
Rank 5: Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Improved Corruption
Rank 1: Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.
Rank 5: Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
Row 2 · 5 points in Affliction · from level 15
Grim Reach
Rank 1: Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%.
Rank 2: Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.
Soul Harvest
Rank 1: 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: 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: Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 7%.
Rank 3: Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 20%.
Row 3 · 10 points in Affliction · from level 20
Improved Bane of Agony
Rank 1: Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
Rank 2: Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Fel Concentration
Rank 1: Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Rank 3: Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Amplify Curse
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: 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 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%.
Row 4 · 15 points in Affliction · from level 25
Malevolence
Rank 1: Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
Rank 5: Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Nightfall
Rank 1: 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: 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
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Row 5 · 20 points in Affliction · from level 30
Siphon Life
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Soul Siphon
Rank 1: Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your Corruption, Siphon Life, and Bane of Agony effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.
Rank 3: Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 12% per each of your Corruption, Siphon Life, and Bane of Agony effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 36%.
Row 6 · 25 points in Affliction · from level 35
Shadow Mastery
Rank 1: Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.
Rank 5: Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.
Row 7 · 30 points in Affliction · from level 40
Wrack
Tears the target apart from within for 6 sec, inflicting 25.2 Shadow damage every 1 sec. While channeling, your Siphon Life, Corruption, and Bane of Agony effects on the target deal their periodic damage 100% faster.
Demonology
Row 1 · 0 points in Demonology · from level 10
Improved Health Funnel
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 2: 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.
Improved Imp
Rank 1: Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 10% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 10%.
Rank 3: Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.
Demonic Embrace
Rank 1: Increases your total Stamina by 3%.
Rank 5: Increases your total Stamina by 15%.
Unholy Power
Rank 1: Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 2%.
Rank 5: Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
Row 2 · 5 points in Demonology · from level 15
Demonic Aegis
Rank 1: Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.
Rank 2: Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
Improved Voidwalker
Rank 1: Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 10%.
Rank 3: Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.
Fel Vitality
Rank 1: Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%.
Rank 3: Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.
Demonic Energies
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 2: 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.
Row 3 · 10 points in Demonology · from level 20
Improved Sayaad
Rank 1: 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%.
Rank 3: 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%.
Demonic Sacrifice
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.
Master Summoner
Rank 1: Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.
Rank 2: Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
Row 4 · 15 points in Demonology · from level 25
Decimation
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 2: 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.
Fel Domination
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%.
Demonic Brand
Rank 1: Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 attacks against the target deal ? to ? Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.
Rank 3: Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target deal ? to ? Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.
Row 5 · 20 points in Demonology · from level 30
Improved Felhunter
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 3: 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.
Soul Link
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.
Demonic Knowledge
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 3: 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.
Row 6 · 25 points in Demonology · from level 35
Master Demonologist
Rank 1: 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%.
Rank 5: 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%.
Row 7 · 30 points in Demonology · from level 40
Demonic Pact
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Destruction
Row 1 · 0 points in Destruction · from level 10
Destructive Reach
Rank 1: Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%.
Rank 2: Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.
Improved Shadow Bolt
Rank 1: Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 4% for 12 sec.
Rank 5: Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
Bane
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 5: Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
Row 2 · 5 points in Destruction · from level 15
Molten Skin
Rank 1: Reduces all damage taken by 2%.
Rank 5: Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
Cataclysm
Rank 1: Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%.
Rank 3: Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
Aftermath
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 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.
Row 3 · 10 points in Destruction · from level 20
Ruin
Rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%.
Rank 5: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Shadowburn
Instantly blasts the target for 66 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Row 4 · 15 points in Destruction · from level 25
Intensity
Rank 1: Gives your Destruction spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Rank 3: Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Agonizing Flames
Rank 1: Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%.
Rank 3: Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Conflagrate
Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 95 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
Row 5 · 20 points in Destruction · from level 30
Pyroclasm
Rank 1: 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.
Rank 2: 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.
Bane of Havoc
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.
Fire and Brimstone
Rank 1: Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.
Rank 3: Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
Row 6 · 25 points in Destruction · from level 35
Shadow and Flame
Rank 1: 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 20% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 20% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
Rank 5: Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 20% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 20% 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.
Row 7 · 30 points in Destruction · from level 40
Incinerate
Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Where this data comes from
Talent trees, positions, ranks, prerequisites and descriptions come from the WoW Forever game files. “From level” is the earliest level a row opens if every point you have earned went into that tree. Values the game fills in while you play show as “?”.