Warlock

Affliction Warlock 37/0/14

Role: Ranged DPS (damage over time)Points: 51 at level 60Build: 1.60.1.70425Updated: 2026-10-24
Affliction is curses and dots. Improved Corruption, Shadow Mastery and Pandemic make the dots hit harder, Siphon Life and Soul Siphon heal you back, Nightfall gives instant Shadow Bolts, and Wrack is the capstone. Destruction points add Improved Shadow Bolt, Bane and Cataclysm.
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Where the 51 points go

Affliction37 pts

Improved Life Tap2/2

Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.

Suppression5/5

Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.

Improved Corruption5/5

Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.

Grim Reach2/2

Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.

Improved Bane of Agony2/2

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.

Amplify Curse1/1

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.

Pandemic3/3

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%.

Malevolence5/5

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.

Nightfall2/2

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%.

Siphon Life1/1

Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

Soul Siphon3/3

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%.

Shadow Mastery5/5

Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.

Wrack1/1

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.

Demonology0 pts

No points here in this build.

Destruction14 pts

Destructive Reach1/2

Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%.

Improved Shadow Bolt5/5

Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.

Bane5/5

Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.

Cataclysm3/3

Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.

Level-by-level talent order

You get your first point at level 10 and one more every level, so each row is one level. Rows marked with a tree name are where that tree opens a new tier.

LevelPut the point inRankTree
10Suppression1/5Affliction
11Suppression2/5Affliction
12Suppression3/5Affliction
13Suppression4/5Affliction
14Suppression5/5Affliction
15Improved Corruption1/5Affliction
16Improved Corruption2/5Affliction
17Improved Corruption3/5Affliction
18Improved Corruption4/5Affliction
19Improved Corruption5/5Affliction
20Improved Life Tap1/2Affliction
21Improved Life Tap2/2Affliction
22Grim Reach1/2Affliction
23Grim Reach2/2Affliction
24Amplify Curse1/1Affliction
25Improved Bane of Agony1/2Affliction
26Improved Bane of Agony2/2Affliction
27Pandemic1/3Affliction
28Pandemic2/3Affliction
29Pandemic3/3Affliction
30Nightfall1/2Affliction
31Nightfall2/2Affliction
32Malevolence1/5Affliction
33Malevolence2/5Affliction
34Malevolence3/5Affliction
35Malevolence4/5Affliction
36Malevolence5/5Affliction
37Siphon Life1/1Affliction
38Soul Siphon1/3Affliction
39Soul Siphon2/3Affliction
40Soul Siphon3/3Affliction
41Shadow Mastery1/5Affliction
42Shadow Mastery2/5Affliction
43Shadow Mastery3/5Affliction
44Shadow Mastery4/5Affliction
45Shadow Mastery5/5Affliction
46Wrack1/1Affliction
47Improved Shadow Bolt1/5Destruction
48Improved Shadow Bolt2/5Destruction
49Improved Shadow Bolt3/5Destruction
50Improved Shadow Bolt4/5Destruction
51Improved Shadow Bolt5/5Destruction
52Bane1/5Destruction
53Bane2/5Destruction
54Bane3/5Destruction
55Bane4/5Destruction
56Bane5/5Destruction
57Cataclysm1/3Destruction
58Cataclysm2/3Destruction
59Cataclysm3/3Destruction
60Destructive Reach1/2Destruction

Stat priority and gearing

Spell Hit to 16% (Suppression covers 5%), Shadow spell power (every dot scales), Spell Crit (Pandemic), Intellect, then Stamina for Life Tap room.
Stamina is a mana stat for Warlocks through Life Tap; do not gear like a Mage.
Hit caps (9% melee, 16% spells, 440 Defense) are the Classic 1.12 values Forever inherits; the news desk notes any change. Pre-raid best-in-slot lists will be added once the Forever item database is public and verified; we will not guess at item stats.

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