Warlock talents in WoW Forever

Every Warlock talent in WoW Forever

The Warlock has 52 talents: 17 in Affliction, 19 in Demonology and 16 in Destruction. Each row needs 5 more points spent in the rows above: 5 for the second row, 15 for the 16-point row, 30 for the last. Values are those of the rank the talent teaches, from the beta files.

Affliction

Talent	Row	Ranks	At max rank	Since Classic
Improved Life Tap	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 2	Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.	Changed in ForeverWas in row 2Classic Era, rank 2: Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Suppression	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 5	Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 10%.
Improved Corruption	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 5	Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec.
Grim Reach	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 2	Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.	Changed in ForeverWas in row 4Classic Era, rank 2: Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.
Soul Harvest	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Improved Drains	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 3	Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.	New in Forever
Improved Bane of Agony	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 2	Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.	Changed in ForeverRanks: 3 in Classic Era, 2 in Forever. New valuesClassic Era, rank 3: Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 6%.
Fel Concentration	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 3	Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.	Changed in ForeverRanks: 5 in Classic Era, 3 in Forever. New text, same numbers and effectClassic Era, rank 5: Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling the Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spell.
Amplify Curse	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 1	Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 50%. Lasts 30 sec.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 1: Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Curse of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.
Pandemic	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Malevolence	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 5	Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.	New in Forever
Nightfall	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverNew effect, same numbers (compare with the Classic Era text)Classic Era, rank 2: Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 4% 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%.
Curse of Exhaustion	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 5. New valuesClassic Era, rank 1: Reduces the target's movement speed by 10% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Siphon Life	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 1	Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 1: Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Soul Siphon	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverRanks: 5 in Classic Era, 3 in Forever. Was in row 2. New valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 10%.
Shadow Mastery	Row 6 (25 pts)	Ranks 5	Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.	As in Classic Era
Wrack	Row 7 (30 pts)	Ranks 1	Tears 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.	New in Forever

Demonology

Talent	Row	Ranks	At max rank	Since Classic
Improved Health Funnel	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 2. New valuesClassic Era, rank 2: Increases the amount of Health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%.
Improved Imp	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 3	Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 3: Increases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 30%.
Demonic Embrace	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 5	Increases your total Stamina by 15%.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Increases your total Stamina by 15% but reduces your total Spirit by 5%.
Unholy Power	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 5	Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.	Changed in ForeverWas in row 4. New valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter's melee attacks by 20%.
Demonic Aegis	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 2	Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.	New in Forever
Improved Voidwalker	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 3	Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.	New text, same numbersNew text, same numbers and effectClassic Era, rank 3: Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice and Suffering spells by 30%.
Fel Vitality	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverRanks: 5 in Classic Era, 3 in Forever. New valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Increases the maximum Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%.
Demonic Energies	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Improved Sayaad	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 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%.	As in Classic Era
Demonic Sacrifice	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 5. New valuesClassic Era, rank 1: When activated, sacrifices your summoned demon to grant you an effect that lasts 30 min. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned. Imp: Increases your Fire damage by 15%. Voidwalker: Restores 3% of total Health every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 2% of total Mana every 4 sec.
Master Summoner	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 4Classic Era, rank 2: Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
Decimation	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Fel Domination	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 3. Cost or cooldown changedClassic Era, rank 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%.
Demonic Brand	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 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 (depends on your stats) Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. If Shadow damage is dealt, it has high threat.	New in Forever
Improved Felhunter	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Soul Link	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 7. New text, same numbers and effectClassic Era, rank 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 master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the demon is active.
Demonic Knowledge	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Master Demonologist	Row 6 (25 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Reduces threat caused by 20%. Voidwalker - Reduces physical damage taken by 10%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases all damage caused by 10%. Felhunter - Increases all resistances by 1 per level.
Demonic Pact	Row 7 (30 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever

Destruction

Talent	Row	Ranks	At max rank	Since Classic
Destructive Reach	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 2	Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.	Changed in ForeverWas in row 4Classic Era, rank 2: Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.
Improved Shadow Bolt	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 5	Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 20% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.
Bane	Row 1 (0 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverWas in row 2. New text, same numbers and effectClassic Era, rank 5: Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
Molten Skin	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 5	Reduces all damage taken by 10%.	New in Forever
Cataclysm	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 3	Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.	Changed in ForeverRanks: 5 in Classic Era, 3 in Forever. Was in row 1. New valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 5%.
Aftermath	Row 2 (5 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Gives your Destruction spells a 10% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.
Ruin	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 5	Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.	Changed in ForeverRanks: 1 in Classic Era, 5 in Forever. Was in row 5Classic Era, rank 1: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Shadowburn	Row 3 (10 pts)	Ranks 1	Instantly blasts the target for 66 Shadow damage. If a non-trivial target dies within 8 sec of being hit with Shadowburn, the caster gains a Soul Shard.	Changed in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 1: Instantly blasts the target for 99 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 sec of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
Intensity	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 3	Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.	Changed in ForeverRanks: 2 in Classic Era, 3 in Forever. New text, same numbers and effectClassic Era, rank 2: Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while channeling the Rain of Fire, Hellfire or Soul Fire spell.
Agonizing Flames	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverRanks: 5 in Classic Era, 3 in Forever. New valuesClassic Era, rank 5: Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10%.
Conflagrate	Row 4 (15 pts)	Ranks 1	Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 95 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.	Changed in ForeverWas in row 7. New values. Cost or cooldown changedClassic Era, rank 1: Ignites a target that is already afflicted by Immolate, dealing 306 Fire damage and consuming the Immolate spell.
Pyroclasm	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 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 in ForeverNew valuesClassic Era, rank 2: Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 26% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
Bane of Havoc	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 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 in Forever
Fire and Brimstone	Row 5 (20 pts)	Ranks 3	Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.	New in Forever
Shadow and Flame	Row 6 (25 pts)	Ranks 5	Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% 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 in Forever
Incinerate	Row 7 (30 pts)	Ranks 1	Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.	New in Forever

Which Warlock talents were removed?

15 Classic Era Warlock talents are not in the WoW Forever tree of the beta: Improved Immolate, Emberstorm, Devastation, Improved Firebolt, Improved Lash of Pain, Improved Curse of Weakness and 9 more. The list shows them as Classic Era had them, at their last rank.

• Improved Immolate

  Destruction, row 5 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 5: Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 25%.

• Emberstorm

  Destruction, row 6 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 5: Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%.

• Devastation

  Destruction, row 3 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 5: Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 5%.

• Improved Firebolt

  Destruction, row 3 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Reduces the casting time of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 1 sec.

• Improved Lash of Pain

  Destruction, row 3 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain spell by 6 sec.

• Improved Curse of Weakness

  Affliction, row 2 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 3: Increases the effect of your Curse of Weakness by 20%.

• Dark Pact

  Affliction, row 7 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 1: Drains 150 of your pet's Mana, returning 100% to you.

• Improved Curse of Exhaustion

  Affliction, row 5 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 4: Increases the speed reduction of your Curse of Exhaustion by 20%.

• Improved Drain Soul

  Affliction, row 2 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Gives you a 100% chance to get a 100% increase to your Mana regeneration for 10 sec if the target is killed by you while you drain its soul. In addition your Mana may continue to regenerate while casting at 50% of normal.

• Improved Drain Mana

  Affliction, row 4 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Causes 30% of the Mana drained by your Drain Mana spell to damage the opponent.

• Improved Healthstone

  Demonology, row 1 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Increases the amount of Health restored by your Healthstone by 20%.

• Fel Stamina

  Demonology, row 3 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 5: Increases the maximum Health of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%.

• Improved Firestone

  Demonology, row 5 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Increases the bonus Fire damage from Firestones and the Firestone effect by 30%.

• Improved Spellstone

  Demonology, row 7 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 2: Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your Spellstone by 30%.

• Improved Subjugate Demon

  Demonology, row 5 of 7

  Classic Era, rank 5: Reduces the Attack Speed and Casting Speed penalty of your Subjugate Demon spell by 10% and reduces the resist chance by 10%.

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