WoW Forever Demonology Warlock Guide

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8 new, 6 changed and 6 removed talents since Classic; the 31-point talent is new: Demonic Pact.

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“Demonology Warlock” means most of your 51 talent points go into Demonology. Forever keeps Classic’s three open trees, so you can mix them.

Archived community build

Demonology

Level 30 · 18 of 21 points in Demonology

Affliction 3Demonology 18

Talents it takes

  • Improved Life Tap1/2
  • Improved Corruption2/5
  • Demonic Embrace3/5
  • Unholy Power5/5
  • Demonic Energies2/2
  • Improved Sayaad3/3
  • Master Summoner2/2
  • Demonic Brand3/3

Three points in Affliction (Improved Corruption and Improved Life Tap) and 18 in Demonology. Unholy Power adds 10% to your demon’s damage, three points of Demonic Embrace add Stamina, and Improved Sayaad and Master Summoner serve the Succubus or Incubus and quicker, cheaper summons. Two talents are new in Forever: Demonic Energies heals your demon with your spell damage and shares the Mana of Life Tap with it, and Demonic Brand makes Searing Pain brand the target, so your demon’s next attacks on it deal extra damage and high threat.

Posted by Zephan on Wowhead, .

31-point talent · level 40

Demonic Pact

Key abilities

  • 1
  • 10
  • 12
  • 30

More builds with most points in Demonology

Historical beta examples, checked for valid points against the current tree. They have not been revalidated as live leveling or endgame recommendations.

Leveling a Demonology Warlock: 1 to 60

When each tier opens with every point in Demonology, when the build takes its talents, when the trainer teaches the key abilities, the best weapon to pick up every few levels, and what the world opens at each level: camping, the new dungeons, Dual Specialization and the raids.

Demonology Warlock: what each level brings

Drag the level: trainer ranks, the talent point, the best gear, mounts and dungeons of that level, for the race and professions picked above.

Next milestones
  1. Shadow Ward
  2. Razorfen Downs
  3. Tier 6 of Demonology opensThe Drowned City

Trainer at level 30

ImmolateRank 4Drain LifeRank 3Create SoulstoneRank 2Curse of the ElementsRank 2Demon ArmorRank 2HellfireNew abilitySubjugate DemonNew abilitySummon FelhunterNew ability

Coming up

Level 32
Curse of WeaknessRank 4FearRank 2Shadow WardNew ability

All Warlock abilities in WoW Forever

Talent points

21 of 51 points to spend

Following Demonology by Zephan, Wowhead (posted for level 30).

The source gives this build without a pick order, so none is made up here. By level 30 it holds:

Improved Life Tap1/2Improved Corruption2/5Demonic Embrace3/5Unholy Power5/5Demonic Energies2/2Improved Sayaad3/3Master Summoner2/2Demonic Brand3/3

Open this build in the WoW Forever Talent Calculator

Next tier of Demonology opens at level 35 with every point in the tree.

Best gear at level 30

  • Fallen Dragon's ScepterWeapon · from level 27
  • Filigreed Flame CircletHead · from level 25
  • Stygian Bone AmuletNeck · from level 29
  • Moonlit AmiceShoulder · from level 30
  • Windsong DrapeBack · from level 26
  • Flame GownChest · from level 22
  • Spidertank OilragWrist · from level 29
  • Flame GlovesHands · from level 15
  • Warsong SashWaist · from level 24
  • Flame LeggingsLegs · from level 25
  • Fiery SlippersFeet · from level 30
  • Minor Channeling RingFinger · from level 19

Top pick per slot by the BiS list's default weights for this path.

Demonology Warlock BiS list at level 30 · WoW Forever Warlock weapons by level

World at level 30

Dungeons in your range

Racials

Pick a race above to see its racials.

Camp objects of your professions

Pick up to 2 professions above.

Trainer levels: current Forever client, build 1.60.1.70888. Gear: the BiS list's weights and the weapon planner's upgrade path, with quests, dungeons, vendors and crafted items only. Training costs and the level a profession tier opens at are not in the client data, so neither is shown.

  1. Levels 1–9

    1. 1
      Summon Imp
    2. 4
      First camp quest
    3. 8
      Balanced Quarterstaff
  2. Levels 10–19

    1. 10
      First talent pointSummon Voidwalker
    2. 12
      Health Funnel
    3. 13
      Demonic EmbraceStaff of OrgrimmarDungeon: Hall of Thanes
    4. 14
    5. 15
    6. 16
      Unholy Power
    7. 19
      Crescent Staff
  3. Levels 20–29

    1. 20
      Tier 3 opens
    2. 21
      Demonic Energies
    3. 23
      Improved Sayaad
    4. 24
    5. 25
      Tier 4 opens
    6. 26
      Master Summoner
    7. 27
      Fallen Dragon's Scepter
    8. 28
      Demonic BrandDungeon: City of Dalaran
  4. Levels 30–39

    1. 30
      Tier 5 opensSummon Felhunter
    2. 35
      Tier 6 opensGreatstaff of the NecrokhansDungeon: The Drowned City
  5. Levels 40–49

    1. 40
    2. 45
      Radiant Staff
    3. 48
  6. Levels 50–60

    1. 55
    2. 56
      Guiding Stave of Wisdom
    3. 58
    4. 60
      Spire of TwilightThe first three raidsAll 51 points spent

This page gives the talents level by level, not the quests to do; two paid addons plan leveling routes inside the game, compared in Zygor vs RestedXP for WoW Forever (the comparison contains affiliate links).

Key Demonology Warlock abilities

Trainer abilities a Demonology Warlock leans on, with the level they’re taught and what the client snapshot changed.

  • Summon ImpLevel 1
  • Summon VoidwalkerLevel 10
  • Health FunnelLevel 12 Changed
  • Summon FelhunterLevel 30

Demonology Warlock weapons by level

The top Caster pick in each band of ten levels, from quests, dungeons, vendors and crafting.

  1. Levels 1–10

    • Balanced Quarterstaff+4 stats · Lv ~8NewQuest Return to Valanaar
  2. Levels 11–20

    • Crescent Staff+21 stats · Lv 19Quest Leaders of the Fang · Wailing Caverns · lv 22
  3. Levels 21–30

    • Fallen Dragon's Scepter+24 stats · Lv ~27NewQuest Stopping the Cycle
  4. Levels 31–40

    • Greatstaff of the Necrokhans+34 stats · Lv 35NewQuest Khan Jehn
  5. Levels 41–50

    • Radiant Staff+38 stats · Lv 45NewCrafted Enchanting
  6. Levels 51–60

    • Spire of Twilight+315 stats · Lv 60Raid Naxxramas · Thaddius · 20%

Plan every level in the weapon planner (Caster) →

Races for a Demonology Warlock

No racial works with a Demonology talent in particular, so any race that can be a Warlock is fine.

Demonology in Forever vs Classic

19 talents in Forever, 17 in Classic.

New 8

  • Demonic Aegis
  • Fel Vitality
  • Demonic Energies
  • Decimation
  • Demonic Brand
  • Improved Felhunter
  • Demonic Knowledge
  • Demonic Pact

Changed 6

  • Improved Health FunnelMoved from tier 2
  • Unholy PowerMoved from tier 4
  • Demonic SacrificeMoved from tier 5
  • Master SummonerMoved from tier 4
  • Fel DominationMoved from tier 3
  • Soul LinkMoved from tier 7

Removed 6

  • Improved HealthstoneClassic tier 1 · max rank 2
  • Fel StaminaClassic tier 3 · max rank 5
  • Fel IntellectClassic tier 2 · max rank 5
  • Improved FirestoneClassic tier 5 · max rank 2
  • Improved SpellstoneClassic tier 7 · max rank 2
  • Improved Subjugate DemonClassic tier 5 · max rank 5

Still unconfirmed

  • Talents and class abilities use the current calculator data. Weapons and other supporting datasets retain the source builds shown below.
  • The community examples below are historical level-30 beta builds, not complete level-60 or live leveling guides.

Sources

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