Warlock · Affliction · row 4

Nightfall

Changed from Classic2 ranks
Nightfall
Rank 2/2Affliction
Requires 15 points in Affliction Talents
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%.

Every rank of Nightfall

RankEffectSource
1Gives 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%.client
2Gives 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%.client

Requirements and position

  • Tree: Affliction, row 4, column 2. Needs 15 points in Affliction first. The earliest you can finish all 2 ranks is level 26 if you put every point into this tree.
  • Competes with: Malevolence, Curse of Exhaustion in the same row.

Classic comparison

Classic 1.12WoW Forever
NameNightfallNightfall
PositionAffliction row 4, col 2Affliction row 4, col 2
Ranks22
Rank 1 textGives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.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%.

Spells this talent affects

Builds that take Nightfall

Questions players ask

Where is Nightfall in the Warlock talent tree?
Affliction tree, row 4, column 2. You need 15 points spent in Affliction before you can learn it.
Is Nightfall new in WoW Forever?
Nightfall existed in Classic (Affliction row 4, 2 ranks). In Forever it was changed: Classic read "Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.".

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.