WoW Forever Affliction Warlock Guide
DamageCaster
Damage
Caster8 new, 4 changed and 8 removed talents since Classic; the 31-point talent is new: Wrack.
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
2/2
Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
3/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
5/5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
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 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.
1/2
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.
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.
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.
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 33%.
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%.
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 2% 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%.
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%.
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec. level 60 reference
Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.
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%.
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1%.
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
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. level 60 reference
“Affliction Warlock” means most of your 51 talent points go into Affliction. Forever keeps Classic’s three open trees, so you can mix them.
Community build
Affliction
Affliction 11
Talents it takes
- Improved Life TapImproved Life TapAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
2/2 - SuppressionSuppressionAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 5
Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
3/5 - Improved CorruptionImproved CorruptionAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
5/5 - Soul HarvestingSoul HarvestingAffliction · tier 2 · max rank 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 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.
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.
1/2
Improved Corruption for a faster, stronger Corruption, Improved Life Tap for Mana, Suppression for hit and less threat, and Soul Harvesting, new in Forever, for Mana regeneration after a kill under Drain Soul. The guide’s calculator shows ten points; its text lists all eleven, and we follow the text.
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31-point talent · level 40
WrackTears 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. level 60 reference
Key abilities
- CorruptionRank 1 · level 4Cost 35 ManaCast time 2 sec
Corrupts the target, causing 40 Shadow damage over 12 sec.
4 - Life TapRank 1 · level 6Cast time instant6
- Bane of AgonyRank 1 · level 8Cost 25 ManaCast time instant
Afflicts the target with agony, causing 72 Shadow damage over 24 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the Bane reaches its full duration. Only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
8 - Drain LifeRank 1 · level 14Cost 55 ManaCast time instant
Transfers 10 health every 1 second from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 sec.
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Builds are transcribed point by point from their public posts and checked against the beta client’s trees.
Leveling a Affliction Warlock: 1 to 60
When each tier opens with every point in Affliction, when the build takes its talents and when the trainer teaches the key abilities.
Levels 1–9
- 4CorruptionCorruptionRank 1 · level 4Cost 35 ManaCast time 2 sec
Corrupts the target, causing 40 Shadow damage over 12 sec.
- 6Life TapLife TapRank 1 · level 6Cast time instant
- 8Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 1 · level 8Cost 25 ManaCast time instant
Afflicts the target with agony, causing 72 Shadow damage over 24 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the Bane reaches its full duration. Only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
- 4
Levels 10–19
- 10First talent pointImproved Life TapImproved Life TapAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
- 12SuppressionSuppressionAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 5
Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
- 14Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 1 · level 14Cost 55 ManaCast time instant
Transfers 10 health every 1 second from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 sec.
- 15Tier 2 opensImproved CorruptionImproved CorruptionAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
- 10
Levels 20–29
- 20Tier 3 opensSoul HarvestingSoul HarvestingAffliction · tier 2 · max rank 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 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.
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.
- 25Tier 4 opens
- 20
Levels 30–39
- 30Tier 5 opens
- 35Tier 6 opens
- 30
Levels 40–49
- 4031-point talentWrackWrackAffliction · tier 7 · max rank 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. level 60 reference
- 40
Levels 50–60
- 60All 51 points spent
- 60
Key Affliction Warlock abilities
Trainer abilities a Affliction Warlock leans on, with the level they’re taught and what the beta client changed.
- CorruptionCorruptionRank 1 · level 4Cost 35 ManaCast time 2 sec
Corrupts the target, causing 40 Shadow damage over 12 sec.
- Life TapLife TapRank 1 · level 6Cast time instant
- Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 1 · level 8Cost 25 ManaCast time instant
Afflicts the target with agony, causing 72 Shadow damage over 24 sec. This damage is dealt slowly at first, and builds up as the Bane reaches its full duration. Only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
- Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 1 · level 14Cost 55 ManaCast time instant
Transfers 10 health every 1 second from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 sec.
Affliction Warlock weapons by level
The top Caster pick in each band of ten levels, from quests, dungeons, vendors and crafting.
Levels 1–10
Nothing in this band
Levels 11–20
- Advisor's Gnarled StaffAdvisor's Gnarled StaffItem Level 23Binds when picked upTwo-HandStaff45 - 69 DamageSpeed 2.90(19.7 damage per second)+8 Stamina+4 IntellectRestores 3 mana per 5 sec.Requires Level 18Vendor The Barrens
Changed in Forever. Classic Era: +8 Stamina · +4 Intellect
- Advisor's Gnarled Staff
Levels 21–30
- Glimmering StaffCrafted EnchantingGlimmering StaffItem Level 30Binds when picked upTwo-HandStaff43 - 65 DamageSpeed 2.20(24.5 damage per second)+11 Stamina+11 IntellectRequires Level 25
- Glimmering Staff
Levels 31–40
- Advisor's Gnarled StaffAdvisor's Gnarled StaffItem Level 43Binds when picked upTwo-HandStaff88 - 133 DamageSpeed 2.90(38.1 damage per second)+14 Stamina+9 IntellectRestores 6 mana per 5 sec.Requires Level 38Vendor The Barrens
Changed in Forever. Classic Era: +14 Stamina · +9 Intellect
- Advisor's Gnarled Staff
Levels 41–50
- Radiant StaffCrafted EnchantingRadiant StaffItem Level 50Binds when picked upTwo-HandStaff83 - 125 DamageSpeed 2.40(43.3 damage per second)+19 Stamina+19 IntellectRequires Level 45
- Radiant Staff
Levels 51–60
- Atiesh, Greatstaff of the GuardianAtiesh, Greatstaff of the GuardianItem Level 90Binds when picked upTwo-HandStaff225 - 338 DamageSpeed 2.90(97.1 damage per second)+30 Stamina+29 Intellect+28 Critical Strike+150 Spell PowerRequires Level 60Equip: Increases damage and healing done by magical spells and effects of all party members within 30 yards by up to 33.Use: Creates a portal, teleporting group members that use it to Karazhan.Quest Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian · Tanaris · lv 60
Changed in Forever. Classic Era: +30 Stamina · +29 Intellect
- Atiesh, Greatstaff of the Guardian
Races for a Affliction Warlock
No racial works with a Affliction talent in particular, so any race that can be a Warlock is fine.
- HumanAllianceHumanAlliance
The Human Spirit adds 5% Spirit; Will to Survive breaks stuns.
- GnomeAllianceGnomeAlliance
Eureka!; Expansive Mind adds 5% maximum Mana.
- OrcHordeOrcHorde
Blood Fury adds Spell Power; Shatter Curse.
- UndeadHordeUndeadHorde
Touch of the Grave.
- TrollHordeTrollHorde
Berserking; Rapid Regeneration.
Affliction in Forever vs Classic
17 talents in Forever, 17 in Classic.
New 8
- MaledictionMaledictionAffliction · tier 2 · max rank 5★ New in Forever
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
- Soul HarvestingSoul HarvestingAffliction · tier 2 · max rank 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 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.
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 DrainsImproved DrainsAffliction · tier 2 · max rank 3★ New in Forever
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
- Improved Bane of AgonyImproved Bane of AgonyAffliction · tier 3 · max rank 2★ New in Forever
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
- PandemicPandemicAffliction · tier 3 · max rank 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 33%.
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%.
- MalevolenceMalevolenceAffliction · tier 4 · max rank 5★ New in Forever
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
- Soul SiphonSoul SiphonAffliction · tier 5 · max rank 3★ New in Forever
Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.
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%.
- WrackWrackAffliction · tier 7 · max rank 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. level 60 reference
Changed 4
- Improved Life TapImproved Life TapAffliction · tier 1 · max rank 2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Moved from tier 2 - Fel ConcentrationFel ConcentrationAffliction · tier 3 · max rank 3
Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.
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.
Max rank 5 → 3 - Curse of ExhaustionCurse of ExhaustionAffliction · tier 4 · max rank 1
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Moved from tier 5 - Shadow MasteryShadow MasteryAffliction · tier 6 · max rank 5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1%.
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%.
New spot, same tier
Removed 8
- Improved Drain LifeImproved Drain LifeClassic tier 2 · max rank 5
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 2 · max rank 5 - Improved Curse of WeaknessImproved Curse of WeaknessClassic tier 2 · max rank 3
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 2 · max rank 3 - Grim ReachGrim ReachClassic tier 4 · max rank 2
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 4 · max rank 2 - Dark PactDark PactClassic tier 7 · max rank 1
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 7 · max rank 1 - Improved Curse of ExhaustionImproved Curse of ExhaustionClassic tier 5 · max rank 4
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 5 · max rank 4 - Improved Drain SoulImproved Drain SoulClassic tier 2 · max rank 2
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 2 · max rank 2 - Improved Drain ManaImproved Drain ManaClassic tier 4 · max rank 2
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 4 · max rank 2 - Improved Curse of AgonyImproved Curse of AgonyClassic tier 3 · max rank 3
Not a talent in the Forever beta client.
Classic tier 3 · max rank 3
Still unconfirmed
- Talents, trainer levels and weapons are read from the Forever beta client and can change before launch.
- The community builds so far are for level 20; none covers level 60 yet.