Warlock in WoW Forever

Overview

Damage · Mana

Warlocks are the bane of all life. Empowered by demonic blood, they can inflict great torment upon their foes. To replenish the dreadful energy their spells expend, warlocks drain vitality from their victims. The warlock can also summon and control terrifying demonic entities. Still, warlocks are feared above all else for their singular wickedness and cruelty.

Beta build 1.60.1.69913, compared against Classic Era 1.15.9.69722. Read from the client on September 22, 2026.

Playable races

HumanOrcUndeadGnomeTroll

Every race and its racial abilities

Talent trees

• Affliction

  17 talents — 6 new, 10 changed

• Demonology

  19 talents — 7 new, 9 changed

• Destruction

  16 talents — 7 new, 9 changed

What changed from Classic Era

Every Warlock talent and ability the beta altered or added, with the Classic Era wording beside it. Numbers that moved are marked inside the sentence.

Talents

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  Malediction

  Affliction, tier 2 · 5 ranksNew

  Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.

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  Soul Harvesting

  Affliction, tier 2 · 2 ranksNew

  You gain Soul Harvest for 10 sec if a victim is killed while afflicted with your Drain Soul. Soul Harvest allows your Mana to regenerate at 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.

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  Improved Drains

  Affliction, tier 2 · 3 ranksNew

  Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.

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  Pandemic

  Affliction, tier 3 · 3 ranksNew

  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%.

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  Malevolence

  Affliction, tier 4 · 5 ranksNew

  Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.

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  Wrack

  Affliction, tier 7 · 1 rankNew

  Tears the target apart from within, dealing 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.

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  Demonic Aegis

  Demonology, tier 2 · 2 ranksNew

  Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.

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  Demonic Energies

  Demonology, tier 2 · 2 ranksNew

  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.

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  Decimation

  Demonology, tier 4 · 2 ranksNew

  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.

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  Demonic Brand

  Demonology, tier 4 · 3 ranksNew

  Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal $<minDam> to $<maxDam> Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.

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  Improved Felhunter

  Demonology, tier 5 · 3 ranksNew

  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.

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  Demonic Knowledge

  Demonology, tier 5 · 3 ranksNew

  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.

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  Demonic Pact

  Demonology, tier 7 · 1 rankNew

  Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

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  Molten Skin

  Destruction, tier 2 · 5 ranksNew

  Reduces all damage taken by 2%.

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  Conflagrate

  Destruction, tier 4 · 1 rankNew

  Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 87 to 112 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.

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  Pyroclasm

  Destruction, tier 5 · 2 ranksNew

  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.

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  Bane of Havoc

  Destruction, tier 5 · 1 rankNew

  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.

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  Fire and Brimstone

  Destruction, tier 5 · 3 ranksNew

  Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.

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  Shadow and Flame

  Destruction, tier 6 · 5 ranksNew

  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.

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  Incinerate

  Destruction, tier 7 · 1 rankNew

  Deals 99 to 115 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Abilities

• Incinerate

  Destruction · rank 2 at level 50New

  Deals 145 to 168 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Top of the ability ladder

The last ranks this class trains, highest level first.

• Bane of Doom

  Rank 1 at level 60

• Conflagrate

  Rank 6 at level 60

• Corruption

  Rank 7 at level 60

• Create Soulstone

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Create Spellstone

  Rank 3 at level 60

• Demon Armor

  Rank 5 at level 60

• Health Funnel

  Rank 7 at level 60

• Immolate

  Rank 8 at level 60

Every Warlock ability, rank by rank

Known from the start

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  Demon Skin

  Protects the caster, increasing armor by 40 and increases health regeneration by 3 health per 5 sec. for 30 min.

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  Shadow Bolt

  Sends a shadowy bolt at the enemy, causing 11 to 15 Shadow damage.