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WoW Forever Warlock
Trolls can be Warlocks in Forever, curses gain Banes, and all three Warlock trees end in new 31-point talents: Drain Hope, Demonic Pact and Incinerate.
Official changes come from Blizzard's Deep Dive, What's Next and Found Photos panels; talent numbers come from our talent dataset, built from the BlizzCon demo; hands-on reports are marked. Last reviewed: .
- Talents
- 52
- 50 in Classic
- New talents
- 22
- 20 removed
- New 31-point talents
- 3 of 3
- Affliction · Demonology · Destruction
- Races
- 5
- 1 new in Forever
What changes for Warlocks
- BlizzCon demo
Banes appear beside curses: talents refer to Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom, and Bane of Havoc is a new talent.
- BlizzCon demo
The Succubus line is now the Sayaad, Succubus and Incubus, with an Improved Sayaad talent.
- BlizzCon demo
Pandemic and Decimation join the trees.
- BlizzCon demo
The Orc racial Shatter Curse works on curses and Banes.
- Blizzard
Hit and critical strike are merged across spells and attacks.
Warlock talent trees at a glance
Each tree’s 31-point talent and how many talents changed. The full list, with every rank, is in the talent calculator.
Affliction New
Drains all hope from the target, dealing 52 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing all other Shadow damage over time you deal to that target by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.
Replaces Dark Pact
- 8 new
- 8 removed
- 3 moved
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%. Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%. estimated 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. You gain Soul Harvest for 20 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. estimated Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul spells by 2% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 6%. When your Drain Soul damages targets below 20% health, this bonus is tripled. Additionally, your Drain Life range is extended by 3 yards. Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul spells by 6% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 18%. When your Drain Soul damages targets below 60% health, this bonus is tripled. Additionally, your Drain Life range is extended by 9 yards. estimated Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%. Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%. estimated Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Drain Hope spells by 33%. Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Drain Hope spells by 37%. estimated Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%. Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%. estimated Increases the rate at which your Drain Life and Drain Soul deal damage by 17%, but reduces your healing from Drain Life by 10%. Increases the rate at which your Drain Life and Drain Soul deal damage by 51%, but reduces your healing from Drain Life by 30%. estimated Drains all hope from the target, dealing 52 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing all other Shadow damage over time you deal to that target by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.
Demonology New
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Replaces Improved Spellstone / Soul Link
- 8 new
- 6 removed
- 6 moved
Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%. Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%. estimated Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%. Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%. estimated 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. You heal your pet for 16% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 100% of the Mana you gain. estimated 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. Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 70% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 20 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards. estimated 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 39 to 42 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. Not shown in the BlizzCon demo. 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. 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. estimated Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active. Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 99% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active. estimated Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Destruction New
Deals 125 to 140 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Replaces Conflagrate
- 6 new
- 6 removed
- 6 moved
Reduces all damage taken by 2%. Reduces all damage taken by 10%. estimated Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 9% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 9%. estimated 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. Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%. Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 24%. estimated 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. Not shown in the BlizzCon demo. Deals 125 to 140 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Races for Warlocks
Every race that can be a Warlock in Forever and what it brings to the class.
HumanAlliance
The Human Spirit adds 5% Spirit; Will to Survive breaks stuns.
GnomeAlliance
Eureka!; Expansive Mind adds 5% maximum Mana.
OrcHorde
Blood Fury adds Spell Power; Shatter Curse.
UndeadHorde
Touch of the Grave.
TrollHordeNew in Forever
Berserking; Rapid Regeneration.
WoW Forever Warlock FAQ
Can Trolls be Warlocks in WoW Forever?
Yes. Warlock is one of the six new race and class combinations.
What are Banes in WoW Forever?
Warlock spells that sit beside curses in the demo, such as Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom and Bane of Havoc. Blizzard hasn’t explained them in detail yet.
Which races can be a Warlock in WoW Forever?
Human, Gnome, Orc, Undead, and Troll. Troll is new to the class in Forever.
What are the Warlock 31-point talents in WoW Forever?
Affliction: Drain Hope (new, replacing Dark Pact); Demonology: Demonic Pact (new, replacing Improved Spellstone / Soul Link); Destruction: Incinerate (new, replacing Conflagrate).
Still unconfirmed
- Final talent values: the demo numbers can change in the beta