Warlock talents

Beta build 1.60.1.69913, compared with Classic Era 1.15.9.69722

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Level 60 has 51 talent points. Tooltip numbers are shown for level 60. 20 and 30 are the beta level caps, and 60 is the cap at launch.

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All Warlock talents

Every talent in the three trees, with its effect at full rank for level 60.

Affliction talents
Talent	Row	Ranks	Compared with Classic Era	Effect at full rank
Improved Life Tap	1	2	Same as Classic Era	Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Suppression	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Improved Corruption	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
Malediction	2	5	New in Forever	Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
Soul Harvesting	2	2	New in Forever	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 100% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 100% increase to your Mana regeneration.
Improved Drains	2	3	New in Forever	Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
Improved Bane of Agony	3	2	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Fel Concentration	3	3	Changed from Classic Era	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	3	1	Changed from Classic Era	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	3	3	New in Forever	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	4	5	New in Forever	Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Nightfall	4	2	Changed from Classic Era	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	4	1	Changed from Classic Era	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	5	1	Changed from Classic Era	Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Soul Siphon	5	3	Changed from Classic Era	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	6	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
Wrack	7	1	New in Forever	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.

Demonology talents
Talent	Row	Ranks	Compared with Classic Era	Effect at full rank
Improved Health Funnel	1	2	Changed from Classic Era	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	1	3	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.
Demonic Embrace	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases your total Stamina by 15%.
Unholy Power	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
Demonic Aegis	2	2	New in Forever	Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
Improved Voidwalker	2	3	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.
Fel Vitality	2	3	Changed from Classic Era	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	2	2	New in Forever	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.
Improved Sayaad	3	3	Same as Classic Era	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	3	1	Changed from Classic Era	When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hours. 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	3	2	Same as Classic Era	Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
Decimation	4	2	New in Forever	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	4	1	Same as Classic Era	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	4	3	New in Forever	Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal $<minDam> to $<maxDam> Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.
Improved Felhunter	5	3	New in Forever	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	5	1	Changed from Classic Era	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	5	3	New in Forever	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.
Master Demonologist	6	5	Changed from Classic Era	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%.
Demonic Pact	7	1	New in Forever	Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

Destruction talents
Talent	Row	Ranks	Compared with Classic Era	Effect at full rank
Destructive Reach	1	2	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the range of your damaging spells by 20%.
Improved Shadow Bolt	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
Bane	1	5	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
Molten Skin	2	5	New in Forever	Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
Cataclysm	2	3	Changed from Classic Era	Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
Aftermath	2	5	Changed from Classic Era	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.
Ruin	3	5	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Shadowburn	3	1	Changed from Classic Era	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.
Intensity	4	3	Changed from Classic Era	Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.
Agonizing Flames	4	3	Changed from Classic Era	Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Conflagrate	4	1	New in Forever	Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 87 to 112 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
Pyroclasm	5	2	New in Forever	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	5	1	New in Forever	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	5	3	New in Forever	Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
Shadow and Flame	6	5	New in Forever	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.
Incinerate	7	1	New in Forever	Deals 99 to 115 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.