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52 talents · 17 new · 30 changed · 3 moved

Warlock talents

Every talent, tree by tree, with its highest rank. Open a talent for all ranks, the Classic 1.12 version and the builds that use it.

Affliction

Row	Talent	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Classic
1	Improved Life Tap	2	Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.	moved
1	Suppression	5	Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.	changed
1	Improved Corruption	5	Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.	changed
2	Grim Reach	2	Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.	moved
2	Soul Harvest	2	Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 100% for 10 sec and allows 100% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.	new
2	Improved Drains	3	Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 20%.	new
3	Improved Bane of Agony	2	Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.	changed
3	Fel Concentration	3	Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.	changed
3	Amplify Curse Instant \| 3 min cooldown	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.	changed
3	Pandemic	3	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%.	new
4	Malevolence	5	Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.	new
4	Nightfall	2	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%.	changed
4	Curse of Exhaustion Requires Amplify Curse 8% of base mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant	1	Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.	changed
5	Siphon Life 150 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant	1	Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.	changed
5	Soul Siphon	3	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%.	changed
6	Shadow Mastery	5	Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.	changed
7	Wrack Requires Siphon Life 200 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Channeled	1	Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 86 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.	new

Demonology

Row	Talent	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Classic
1	Improved Health Funnel	2	Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 40%, reduces its health cost by 30%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 100%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.	changed
1	Improved Imp	3	Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.	changed
1	Demonic Embrace	5	Increases your total Stamina by 15%.	changed
1	Unholy Power	5	Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.	changed
2	Demonic Aegis	2	Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.	new
2	Improved Voidwalker	3	Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.	same
2	Fel Vitality	3	Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.	changed
2	Demonic Energies	2	You heal your pet for 15% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 100% of the Mana you gain.	new
3	Improved Sayaad	3	Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 30%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 30%.	same
3	Demonic Sacrifice 100 yd range \| Instant	1	When 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.	changed
3	Master Summoner	2	Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.	changed
4	Decimation	2	Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards.	new
4	Fel Domination Requires Master Summoner Instant \| 5 min cooldown	1	Your 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%.	changed
4	Demonic Brand	3	Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.	new
5	Improved Felhunter	3	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.	new
5	Soul Link Requires Demonic Sacrifice 20% of base mana \| 100 yd range \| Instant	1	When 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.	changed
5	Demonic Knowledge	3	Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 100% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.	new
6	Master Demonologist	5	Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 10%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 10%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 10%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 10%.	changed
7	Demonic Pact Requires Soul Link	1	Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.	new

Destruction

Row	Talent	Ranks	Effect at max rank	Classic
1	Destructive Reach	2	Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.	moved
1	Improved Shadow Bolt	5	Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.	changed
1	Bane	5	Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.	changed
2	Molten Skin	5	Reduces all damage taken by 10%.	new
2	Cataclysm	3	Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.	changed
2	Aftermath	5	Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 50% and your Conflagrate spell has a 100% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.	changed
3	Ruin	5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.	changed
3	Shadowburn 105 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant \| 15 sec cooldown \| Reagents: Soul Shard	1	Instantly blasts the target for 65 to 73 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.	changed
4	Intensity	3	Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.	changed
4	Agonizing Flames	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.	changed
4	Conflagrate 100 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant \| 10 sec cooldown	1	Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.	changed
5	Pyroclasm Requires Intensity	2	Gives your Soul Fire spell a 26% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 26% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.	changed
5	Bane of Havoc 5% of base mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant	1	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.	new
5	Fire and Brimstone Requires Conflagrate	3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.	new
6	Shadow and Flame	5	Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 20% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 20% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.	new
7	Incinerate Requires Bane of Havoc 205 Mana \| 30 yd range \| 2.5 sec cast	1	Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.	new

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753. Plan with the Warlock calculator.