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Warlock · Affliction · row 3

Pandemic

New in Forever3 ranks

Pandemic

Rank 3/3Affliction

Requires 10 points in Affliction Talents

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%.

Every rank of Pandemic

Rank	Effect	Source
1	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 33%.	client
2	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 67%.	client
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%.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Affliction, row 3, column 4. Needs 10 points in Affliction first. The earliest you can finish all 3 ranks is level 22 if you put every point into this tree.
Competes with: Improved Bane of Agony, Fel Concentration, Amplify Curse in the same row.

Classic comparison

Pandemic is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Warlocks.

Spells this talent affects

Bane of Agony · 6 ranks, learned at 8
Bane of Doom · 1 rank
Corruption · 7 ranks, learned at 4
Drain Life · 6 ranks, learned at 14
Drain Soul · 4 ranks, learned at 10
Siphon Life · 4 ranks, learned at 30
Wrack · 1 rank, learned at 40

Builds that take Pandemic

Affliction Warlock leveling build (10–60) · 1/3
Affliction Warlock endgame PvE build (31/0/20) · 3/3
Destruction Warlock endgame PvE build (20/0/31) · 3/3
Demonology Warlock build (20/31/0) · 3/3

Questions players ask

Where is Pandemic in the Warlock talent tree?

Affliction tree, row 3, column 4. You need 10 points spent in Affliction before you can learn it.

Is Pandemic new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Pandemic has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.