Classes /

Warlock

RolesDPS

RacesHuman, Gnome, Orc, Undead, Troll

Talent treesAffliction · Demonology · Destruction

Milestone talents

Each tree has four one-point milestones, at 11, 16, 21 and 31 points spent in that tree.

Affliction

11 pointsAmplify CurseIncreases 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.
16 pointsCurse of ExhaustionReduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
21 pointsSiphon LifeTransfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
31 pointsWrackTears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.

Plan a Affliction build

Demonology

11 pointsDemonic SacrificeWhen activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hrs. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned. Imp: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Voidwalker: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Fire damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 sec.
16 pointsFel DominationYour next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.
21 pointsSoul LinkWhen active, 30% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Demon instead. In addition, both the Demon and the master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the Demon is active.
31 pointsDemonic PactYour Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

Plan a Demonology build

Destruction

11 pointsShadowburnInstantly blasts the target for 65 to 74 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
16 pointsConflagrateIgnites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 87 to 112 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
21 pointsBane of HavocAfflicts 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.
31 pointsIncinerateDeals 99 to 115 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Plan a Destruction build

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Talent data from the WoW: Forever beta client (build 1.60.1.70205, hotfixes to October 3, 2026), as published by wowforevertalents.com and arenamaster.io (CC BY 4.0), checked against Blizzard's beta development notes.