Affliction Warlock talents
Every Affliction talent, row by row, with what each rank does.
About the Affliction tree
16-point milestone: Curse of Exhaustion. Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Recommended leveling build
Our pickOpinion, not confirmed by Blizzard49/2/0 at level 60, with Curse of Exhaustion at level 25. Several enemies at once, healing yourself as you go.
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Another legal route to Curse of Exhaustion · not our pick
One order that reaches Curse of Exhaustion within the tree's rules: 16 points, which is level 25. Swap the early points for the talents you want.
- 1Improved Life Tap2 of 2Row 1
- 2Suppression5 of 5Row 1
- 3Improved Corruption5 of 5Row 1
- 4Malediction2 of 5Row 2
- 5Amplify Curse1 of 1Row 3
- 6Curse of Exhaustion1 of 1Row 4
All Affliction Warlock talents
A value like 1/2/3 is what rank 1, 2 and 3 give.
Affliction
16 · Curse of Exhaustion (milestone taken)
49points
Shown with our leveling pick's points at 60. Try your own in the calculator
Row 1open from level 10
3 talents
Max rank 2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10/20%.
Max rank 5
Increases your chance to hit with all spells and attacks by 1/2/3/4/5% and reduces all threat you generate by 4/8/12/16/20%.
Max rank 5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2/4/6/8/10%.
Row 2needs 5 points in Affliction
3 talents
Max rank 5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Max rank 2
You gain Soul Harvest for 10/20 sec if a victim is killed while afflicted with your Drain Soul. Soul Harvest allows your Mana to regenerate at 50/100% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50/100% increase to your Mana regeneration.
Max rank 3
Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul spells by 2/4/6% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 6/12/18%. When your Drain Soul damages targets below 20/40/60% health, this bonus is tripled. Additionally, your Drain Life range is extended by 3/6/9 yards.
Row 3needs 10 points in Affliction
4 talents
Max rank 2
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5/10%.
Max rank 3
Gives you a 23/46/69% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spells.
Max rank 1
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.
Max rank 3
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 33/66/100%.
Row 4needs 15 points in Affliction
3 talents
Max rank 5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Max rank 2
Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, and Drain Life spells a 2/4% 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 100/200%.
Curse of Exhaustion
16-point milestone
Max rank 1
Requires 1 in Amplify Curse
Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Row 5needs 20 points in Affliction
2 talents
Max rank 1
Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Max rank 3
Increases the rate at which your Drain Life and Drain Soul deal damage by 17/34/51%, but reduces your healing from Drain Life by 10/20/30%.
Row 6needs 25 points in Affliction
1 talent
Max rank 5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
Row 7needs 30 points in Affliction
1 talent
Max rank 1
Requires 1 in Siphon Life
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.
In the patch digest
No new classes or Warlock tanks at launch
Asked about Season of Discovery roles such as Warlock tanks, Nuthals said not at launch.
Warlock and Shaman tanks are "not quite yet"
He named Warlock tank and Shaman tank as "not quite yet, but never say never". The writer added "at least at launch".
A Warlock summon still needs two helpers
Ritual of Summoning is the only summon left, and both helpers must be physically present.
More Warlock talents
Races that can be a Warlock: Human, Gnome, Orc, Undead, Troll.
Talent data: public community datasets, Forever beta build 1.60.1.69893. Numbers can change in any later build or patch. Icon credits