WoW Forever Warlock Talent Calculator & Build Planner

How to use this Warlock talent calculator

Use the planner to test a build before you spend gold or commit to a leveling, dungeon, raid or PvP role. You can explore every tree without creating an account.

Is Warlock a good fit for you?

Players who want solo power, damage-over-time spells and a demon that changes how each pull works. You manage multiple effects, pet threat and fear or control without accidentally pulling the next group.

What changed from Classic for Warlock?

This calculator uses the current Forever beta snapshot rather than assuming the Classic tree is unchanged. For Warlock, the current data contains 19 new talents, 28 changed talents and 3 moved talents.

• NEW means the talent was not present in the Classic comparison tree.
• CHANGED means the name or position may look familiar, but its effect or rank wording differs.
• MOVED means the talent is in a different row or location, which can change how quickly you reach it.

Turn on Compare to Classic in the calculator for a quick check, then open the Warlock class changes page for the broader explanation.

Inside the Warlock trees

Every Warlock talent, in tree order. A rank is one level of a talent, and each rank makes the effect stronger. Click any talent for the full rank-by-rank wording, straight from the beta client.

✦ Affliction (17 talents)

Damage-over-time spells that drain enemies dry. Death by a thousand cuts, while you drain-tank. Key picks: Amplify Curse, Curse of Exhaustion, Siphon Life, Wrack. New in Forever: Malediction, Soul Harvesting, Improved Drains, Pandemic, Malevolence, Soul Siphon, Wrack.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Improved Life Tap MOVED	2	1	Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
✦ Suppression CHANGED	5	1	Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
✦ Improved Corruption CHANGED	5	1	Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
✦ Malediction NEW	5	2	Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
✦ Soul Harvesting NEW	2	2	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 NEW	3	2	Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
✦ Improved Bane of Agony CHANGED	2	3	Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
✦ Fel Concentration CHANGED	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 CHANGED	1	3	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 NEW	3	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%.
✦ Malevolence NEW	5	4	Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
✦ Nightfall CHANGED	2	4	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 CHANGED	1	4	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 CHANGED	1	5	Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
✦ Soul Siphon NEW	3	5	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 CHANGED	5	6	Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
✦ Wrack NEW	1	7	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 (19 talents)

Stronger demons, including one that can tank for you. Your blueberry is your best friend. Key picks: Demonic Sacrifice, Fel Domination, Soul Link, Demonic Pact. New in Forever: Demonic Aegis, Demonic Energies, Decimation, Demonic Brand, Improved Felhunter, Demonic Knowledge, Demonic Pact.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Improved Health Funnel CHANGED	2	1	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 CHANGED	3	1	Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.
✦ Demonic Embrace CHANGED	5	1	Increases your total Stamina by 15%.
✦ Unholy Power CHANGED	5	1	Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
✦ Demonic Aegis NEW	2	2	Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
✦ Improved Voidwalker	3	2	Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.
✦ Fel Vitality CHANGED	3	2	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 NEW	2	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.
✦ Improved Sayaad	3	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 CHANGED	1	3	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 MOVED	2	3	Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
✦ Decimation NEW	2	4	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 MOVED	1	4	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 NEW	3	4	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 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.
✦ Improved Felhunter NEW	3	5	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 CHANGED	1	5	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 NEW	3	5	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 CHANGED	5	6	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 NEW	1	7	Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

✦ Destruction (16 talents)

Big direct hits like Chaos Bolt and Conflagrate. Subtlety is for other classes. Key picks: Shadowburn, Conflagrate, Bane of Havoc, Incinerate. New in Forever: Molten Skin, Bane of Havoc, Fire and Brimstone, Shadow and Flame, Incinerate.

Talent	Ranks	Row	Effect
✦ Destructive Reach CHANGED	2	1	Increases the range of your damaging spells by 20%.
✦ Improved Shadow Bolt CHANGED	5	1	Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
✦ Bane CHANGED	5	1	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 NEW	5	2	Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
✦ Cataclysm CHANGED	3	2	Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
✦ Aftermath CHANGED	5	2	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 CHANGED	5	3	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
✦ Shadowburn CHANGED	1	3	Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
✦ Intensity CHANGED	3	4	Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.
✦ Agonizing Flames CHANGED	3	4	Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
✦ Conflagrate CHANGED	1	4	Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
✦ Pyroclasm CHANGED	2	5	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 NEW	1	5	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 NEW	3	5	Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
✦ Shadow and Flame NEW	5	6	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 NEW	1	7	Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Want the exact numbers? The full Warlock talent reference lists every rank word-for-word from the beta client. And if you're wondering what Blizzard shuffled, every Warlock change vs Classic sits on one page.

Quick checklist before you lock in points

• Check the level slider before judging a build. A deep talent may be a level-60 plan, not a level-20 plan.
• Read the prerequisite path, not just the final talent. Five points in a tree unlock the next row.
• Use the class guide to compare roles, then use build comparison when two versions look similar.
• Save or copy the link after testing. The current snapshot page explains how shared links behave when beta data changes.

Best races for Warlock

Human · Gnome · Orc · Undead · Troll (new in Forever)

Orc pets hit harder. Undead keep draining while everyone else runs in fear. Compare every racial passive side by side on the races page.