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WoW Forever Warlock Affliction Drain Talent Build
DPS · Raids Level 60 · 30 / 0 / 21 · Affliction 30 · Demonology 0 · Destruction 21
Affliction drain engine: Improved Drains sustain, Amplify Curse windows and Malevolence scaling with a Bane/Ruin Destruction shell. This level-60 plan is a starting point: load it in the calculator and adjust the points for your gear, group and current beta data.
Build at a glance
DPS · Raids
Use this plan when your priority matches the role label above. It is not intended to be a universal build for every activity.
- Amplify Curse windows
- Malevolence scaling
- Ruin crit bonus
Load the build, test it at level 60, then compare your version with the build comparison tool.
How to use this Affliction Drain build
- Press Open in Warlock calculator above.
- Keep the core path, then shift points into the talents that matter for your gear, group or preferred activity.
- Use the calculator's Copy build button to share your edited version with your guild or group.
How to play Affliction Drain
Stack damage-over-time spells on everything, then drain health back while they tick. Reapply dots before they fall off and you barely need to drink.
Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Warlock talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.
Every point in Affliction Drain, explained
The table below lists every point of this level 60 build: the exact rank taken and what that rank does. So you can see where the points went, and why each pick earned its spot.
Affliction (30 points)
| Talent | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Improved Life Tap | 2/2 | Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%. |
 Suppression | 5/5 | Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%. |
 Improved Corruption | 5/5 | Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%. |
 Malediction | 5/5 | Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%. |
 Improved Drains | 3/3 | Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%. |
 Improved Bane of Agony | 2/2 | Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%. |
 Fel Concentration | 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 | 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. |
 Malevolence | 4/5 | Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 4%. |
Destruction (21 points)
| Talent | Rank | Effect |
|---|---|---|
 Destructive Reach | 2/2 | Increases the range of your damaging spells by 20%. |
 Improved Shadow Bolt | 5/5 | Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec. |
 Bane | 5/5 | Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec. |
 Cataclysm | 3/3 | Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%. |
 Aftermath | 5/5 | 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. |
 Ruin | 1/5 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%. |
Why Affliction Drain takes these talents
Improved Drains make each drain tick stronger. Amplify Curse supercharges your next curse. Siphon Life turns your Corruption into healing.
Common questions
How do I change this build?
Press Open in Warlock calculator, move any points, and share the new link. Your edits are included in the link automatically.
How do I share this build?
Open the build in the calculator and use the Copy build button. Whoever opens the link sees the same point allocation and can continue editing it.
Can I reset the points?
Yes. Use Reset in the calculator, or reload this starter build to return to the original allocation.
Does this build work for PvE and PvP?
Check the role tag at the top of the page. The point split favors that activity, although some talents may still be useful in other content.
Not quite your style?
If Affliction Drain doesn't click, try Demonology Summoner (leveling & solo) or Destruction Raid DPS (dps) instead. Every build on this site loads straight into the calculator — testing a different spec takes seconds, not an evening of re-planning.
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Beta note: this is an independent starting plan based on the current talent snapshot. Talent effects and balance may change; review the updates and sources before treating it as final.