Warlock talents

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Starting at level 10, a Warlock can begin spending talent points to gain new abilities and spells, strengthen existing abilities, and specialize how he/she functions. See the entry on Talents for more information about the Talent system. Warlock Talents have undergone significant changes with the 1.6 patch, and further changes with the 2.0.1 patch.

Some Warlock talent builds have become quite popular. There's a tendency to describe talent builds with the names of their highest-tier talents, or by the numbers of points spent in each tree (30/0/21 means 30 points in Affliction, no points in Demonology, and 21 points in Destruction); the trees are listed in alphabetical order, which is the order in which they appear in the game. Also, there are usually many options available on the way to the top-tier talents; there can be many variations of these depending on each Warlock's individual taste and style.

See also:

• Warlock Talent calculator at the Official site
• Warlock Talent Calculator at Wowhead
• Warlock Talent Pages at mmo-champion
• Warlock Talent Calculator at mmo-champion
• Warlock talent calculator at Thottbot.com

Affliction

The Affliction tree gives a Warlocks specialization in stable damage over time spells with more powerful curses and drains, better DoT ability, and in the end more powerful Shadow spells in general as well as a new way of recovering mana. There are also two additional DoTs and a new curse.

Talent	Reqs	Ranks	Description
[Improved Curse of Agony]	none	2	Increases the damage done by your [Curse of Agony] by 5%/10%.
[Suppression]	none	3	Increases your chance to hit with Affliction spells by 1%/2%/3%, and reduces the cost of your Affliction spells by 2%/4%/6%.
[Improved Corruption]	none	5	Increases the damage done by your Corruption by 2%/4%/12%/16%/20%, and increases the critical strike chance of your [Seed of Corruption] by 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%.
[Frailty]	5 Affliction	2	Increases the amount of attack power reduced by your [Curse of Weakness] by 10%/20%, and reduces the amount of attack power granted by your [Curse of Recklessness] by 50%/100%.
[Improved Drain Soul]	5 Affliction	2	Returns 7%/15% of your maximum mana if the target is killed by you while you drain its soul. In addition, your Affliction spells generate 5%/10% less threat.
[Improved Life Tap]	5 Affliction	2	Increases the Mana awarded by your [Life Tap] spell by 10%/20%.
[Soul Siphon]	5 Affliction	2	Increases the amount drained by your [Drain Life] and [Drain Soul] spells by an additional 2%/4% for each Affliction effect on the target, up to a maximum of 24%/60% additional effect.
[Improved Fear]	10 Affliction	2	Causes your [Fear] spell to inflict a Nightmare on the target when the fear effect ends. The Nightmare effect reduces the target's movement speed by 15%/30% for 5 sec.
[Fel Concentration]	10 Affliction	3	Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks, while casting [Drain Life], [Drain Mana], [Drain Soul], [Unstable Affliction] and Haunt by 23%/46%/70%.
[Amplify Curse]	10 Affliction	1	Reduces the global cooldown on your Curses by 0.5 sec.
[Grim Reach]	15 Affliction	2	Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%/20%.
Nightfall	15 Affliction	2	Gives your Corruption and [Drain Life] spells a 2%/4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next [Shadow Bolt] spell by 100%.
[Empowered Corruption]	15 Affliction	3	Your Corruption spell gains an additional 12%/24%/36% of your bonus spell damage effects.
[Shadow Embrace]	20 Affliction	5	Your [Shadow Bolt] and Haunt spells apply the Shadow Embrace effect, increasing all periodic damage dealt to the target by you by 5%, and reducing all periodic healing done to the target by 15%. Lasts for 12 sec. Stacks up to 2 times.
[Siphon Life]	20 Affliction	1	Transfers 81 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
[Curse of Exhaustion]	20 Affliction 1 Amplify Curse	1	Reduces the target's speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
[Improved Felhunter]	25 Affliction	2	Your Felhunter regains 4%/8% of its maximum mana each time it hits with its [Shadow Bite] ability, and increases the effect of your Felhunter's [Fel Intelligence] by 5%/10%.
[Shadow Mastery]	25 Affliction 1 Siphon Life	5	Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 3%/6%/9%/12%/15%.
[Eradication]	30 Affliction	3	Your Corruption tick have a 4%/7%/10% chance to increase your spell casting speed by 20% for 12 sec. This effect cannot occur more often than once every 30 sec.
[Contagion]	30 Affliction	5	Increases the damage of [Curse of Agony], Corruption, and [Seed of Corruption] by 1%/2%/3%/4%/5% and reduces the chance your Affliction spells will be dispelled by an additional 6%/12%/18%/24%/30%.
[Dark Pact]	30 Affliction	1	Drains 305 of your summoned demon's Mana, returning 100% to you.
[Improved Howl of Terror]	35 Affliction	2	Reduces the casting time of your [Howl of Terror] spell by 0.8/1.5 seconds.
[Malediction]	35 Affliction	3	Increases the damage bonus effect of your [Curse of the Elements] spells by an additional 1%/2%/3%, and increases your spell damage by 1%/2%/3%.
Death's Embrace	40 Affliction	3	Increases the amount drained by your [Drain Life] by 10%/20%/30% while your health is at or below 20% health, and increases the damage done by your Shadow Spells by 4%/8%/12% when your target is at or below 35% health.
[Unstable Affliction]	40 Affliction 5 Contagion	1	Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 660 damage over 15 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause 990 damage to the dispeller and silence them for 5 sec.
[Pandemic]	40 Affliction 1 Unstable Affliction	3	Each time you deal damage with your Corruption or [Unstable Affliction], you have a chance equal to your spell critical strike chance to deal 33%/66%/100% additional damage.
[Everlasting Affliction]	45 Affliction	5	Your Corruption, [Siphon Life] and [Unstable Affliction] spells gain an additional 1%/2%/3%/4%/5% of your bonus spell damage effect each time they inflict damage, and your [Drain Life] and Haunt spells have a 20%/40%/60%/80%/100% chance to reset the duration of your Corruption spell on the target.
Haunt	50 Affliction	1	You send a ghostly soul to the target, dealing 645 to 753 Shadow damage and increasing all damage by you damage-over-time effects on the target by 20% for 12 sec. When the Haunt spell ends or is dispelled, the soul returns to you, healing you for 100% of all damage done to the target.

Demonology

The Demonology tree gives a Warlock more powerful demons and conjured Stones, as well as more stamina and some buffs that take effect when the demon is present. It also increases the effectiveness of enslaved Demons and end-game summons, and in the end there's a new way to make the Warlock very hard to kill.

Talent	Reqs	Ranks	Description
[Improved Healthstone]	none	2	Increases the amount of Health restored by your  [Healthstone] by 10%/20%.
[Improved Imp]	none	3	Increases the effect of your Imp's [Firebolt], [Fire Shield], and [Blood Pact] spells by 10%/20%/30%.
[Demonic Embrace]	none	5	Increases your total Stamina by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%
[Improved Health Funnel]	5 Demonology	2	Increases the amount of Health transferred by your [Health Funnel] spell by 10%/20% and reduces the health cost by 10%/20%. Demon takes 15%/30% less damage during Health Funnel.
[Demonic Brutality]	5 Demonology	3	Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's [Torment], [Consume Shadows], Sacrifice and [Suffering] spells by 10%/20%/30%. Increases Felguards Demonic Frenzy by 1%/2%/3%.
[Fel Vitality]	5 Demonology	3	Increases the Stamina and Intellect of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard by 5%/10%/15%. Increases your maximum health and mana by 1%/2%/3%.
[Improved Succubus]	10 Demonology	3	Reduces the cast time of your Succubus' [Seduction] by 33%/66%/100% and increases the duration of Seduction and [Lesser Invisibility] by 10%/20%/30%.
[Soul Link]	10 Demonology Demonic Sacrifice	1	When active, 20% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter or Felguard demon instead. The damage cannot be prevented. Lasts as long as the Demon is active.
[Fel Domination]	10 Demonology	1	Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter, and Felguard Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.
[Demonic Aegis]	10 Demonology	3	Increases the effectiveness of your [Demon Armor] and [Fel Armor] spells by 10%/20%/30%.
[Master Summoner]	15 Demonology Fel Domination	2	Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter, and Felguard summoning spells by 2/4 sec and the Mana cost by 20%/40%.
[Unholy Power]	15 Demonology	5	Increases the damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter, and Felguard's melee attacks by 4%/8%/12%/16%/20%.
[Demonic Sacrifice]	20 Demonology	1	When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to grant you an effect that lasts 30 min. The effect is cancelled if any Demon is summoned.
[Master Conjuror]	20 Demonology	2	Increases the bonus Fire damage from Firestones and the Firestone effect by 15%/30% and increases the spell critical strike rating bonus of your Spellstone by 15%/30%.
[Mana Feed]	25 Demonology	3	When you gain mana from [Drain Mana] or [Life Tap] spells, your pet gains 33%/66%/100% of the mana you gain.
[Master Demonologist]	25 Demonology 5 Unholy Power	5	Grants both the Warlock and the summoned Demon an effect as long as that Demon is active. Imp - Increases your Fire damage by 1%-5%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Fire spells by 1%-5%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 2%-10%. Succubus - Increases your Shadow damage by 1%-5%, and increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%-5%. Felhunter - Reduces all spell damage taken by 2%-10%. Felguard - Increases all damage done by 1%, and reduces all damage taken by 1%-5%.
[Improved Enslave Demon]	25 Demonology	2	Reduces the Attack Speed and Casting Speed penalty of your Enslave Demon spell by 5%/10% and reduces the resist chance by 5%/10%.
[Demonic Resilience]	30 Demonology	3	Reduces the chance you'll be critically hit by melee and spells by 1%/2%/3% and reduces all damage your summoned demon takes by 5%/10%/15%.
[Demonic Empowerment]	30 Demonology	1	Grants the demon Empowerment. Succubus - Instantly vanishes into an improved invisibility state, removing snares, stuns and movement impairing effects. Voidwalker - Increases health by 20% and threat generated fromm spells and attacks by 20% for 20 sec. Imp - Increases spell critical chance by 20% for 30 sec. Felhunter - Dispells all magical effects from the Felhunter. Fel Guard - Increases the Fel Guard's attack speed by 20% and breaks stun, snare, movement impairing effects and makes them immune. Lasts 15 sec.
[Demonic Knowledge]	30 Demonology	3	Increases your spell damage by an amount equal to 5%/10%/15% of the total of your active demon's Stamina plus Intellect.
[Demonic Tactics]	35 Demonology	5	Increases the melee and spell crit chance caused by you and your summoned demon by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%.
[Fel Synergy]	35 Demonology	2	Your Summoned Demons share an additional 5%/10% of your Armor, Intellect and Stamina, and you have a 50%/100% chance to heal your pet for 15% of the damage you do.
[Improved Demonic Tactics]	40 Demonology 5 Demonic Tactics	3	Increases your demons critical strike chance equal to 10%/20%/30% of your critical strike chance.
[Summon Felguard]	40 Demonology	1	Summons a Felguard under the command of the Warlock.
[Demonic Empathy]	40 Demonology	3	When you or your pet critically hit with a spell or ability, the other's damage done by spells or abilities is increased by 1%/2%/3% for 15 sec.
[Demonic Pact]	45 Demonology	5	Your pet's criticals apply the Demonic Pact effect to your party or raid members, increasing spell power by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10% of your Spell Damage for 12 sec. Does not work on enslaved demons.
Metamorphosis	50 Demonology	1	You transform into a demon for 30 sec. This form increases your armor by 600%, damage by 20%, reduces chance you'll be critically hit by melee attacks by 6% and reduces the duration of stun and snare effects by 50%. You also gain some unique demon abilities in addition to your normal abilities.

Destruction

Destruction improves the direct damage spells of the Warlock. There are talents to increase the speed at which your pets attack here, as well as to improve your damage-dealing spells, their chances to get critical effects, and the damage done when critical effects occur.

Talent	Reqs	Ranks	Description
[Improved Shadow Bolt]	none	5	Your [Shadow Bolt] critical strikes increase the next 4 sources of Shadow damage dealt to the target by 4%/8%/12%/16%/20%. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 seconds.
[Bane]	none	5	Reduces the casting time of your [Shadow Bolt] and [Immolate] spells by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds and your [Soul Fire] spell by 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2.0 seconds.
Cataclysm	5 Destruction	5	Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%.
[Aftermath]	5 Destruction	5	Gives your Destruction spells a 2%/4%/6%/8%/10% chance to [Dazed] the target for 5 seconds.
[Improved Lash of Pain]	10 Destruction	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus's [Lash of Pain] spell by 3/6 seconds.
[Ruin]	20 Destruction 5 Devastation	5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%/40%/60%/80%/100%.
[Shadowburn]	10 Destruction	1	Instantly blasts the target with Shadow damage. If the target dies from [Shadowburn], and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Intensity	15 Destruction	2	Gives you a 35%/70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while channeling any Destruction spell.
[Destructive Reach]	20 Destruction	2	Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%/20% and reduces threat caused by Destruction spells by 5%/10%.
[Improved Searing Pain]	20 Destruction	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your [Searing Pain] spell by 4%/7%/10%.
[Pyroclasm]	20 Destruction 2 Intensity	2	Gives your [Soul Fire], [Rain of Fire] and [Hellfire] spells a 13%/26% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
[Improved Immolate]	20 Destruction	5	Increases the initial damage of your [Immolate] spell by 5%/10%/15%/20%/25%.
[Devastation]	20 Destruction	1	Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 5%.
[Nether Protection]	25 Destruction	3	After being hit with a Shadow or Fire spell, you have a 10%/20%/30% chance to become immune to Shadow and Fire spells for 4 sec.
Emberstorm	25 Destruction	5	Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%. Also reduces the cast time of [Incinerate] by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%
[Backlash]	30 Destruction	3	Increases your critical strike chance with spells by an additional 1% and gives you an 8% chance when hit by a physical attack to reduce the cast time of your next [Shadow Bolt] or [Incinerate] spell by 100%. This effect lasts 8 seconds and will not occur more often than once every 8 seconds.
[Conflagrate]	30 Destruction 5 Improved Immolate	1	Ignites a target that is already afflicted by [Immolate], dealing Fire damage and consuming the [Immolate] spell.
[Soul Leech]	30 Destruction	3	Gives your [Shadow Bolt], [Shadowburn], [Soul Fire], [Incinerate], [Searing Pain], and [Conflagrate] spells a 10%/20%/30% chance to return health equal to 20% of the damage caused.
[Shadow and Flame]	35 Destruction	5	Your [Shadow Bolt] and [Incinerate] spells gain an additional 4%/8%/12%/16%/20% of your bonus spell damage effects.
[Shadowfury]	40 Destruction 5 Shadow and Flame	1	[Shadowfury] is unleashed, causing Shadow damage and stunning all enemies within 8yds for 2 sec.

See also

• Warlock talent analysis