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Data, sources & what is still uncertain

Community beta data · 2026-10-25. October 15 trees and final official corrections are included, plus three reported 70450 changes: Champion of the Light, Missile Barrage and Amplify Curse. Base values still come from 70425; unresolved scaling and tooltip conflicts remain. Original client-build reporting is not an independent in-game test. October 21 adds Counterattack’s flat damage and Wild Growth’s party radius; Wild Growth healing and other numerical conflicts remain unresolved. The October 20 Mage hotfix positions, Elemental Precision ranks and Piercing Ice removal are included from the admitted community lineage. Frost Warding and Missile Barrage hotfix effects are also included. Ice Barrier now includes the October 20 Frost-damage bonuses and explicitly identifies its rank-1 base before scaling. Champion of the Light’s 20/40/60% ranks are now traced to the exact October 20 client hotfix; the earlier 10/20/30% values describe the unhotfixed curve. Vindication’s AP reduction scales with level; the exact level and rounding behind its displayed community values remain unresolved. Other numerical differences remain unresolved; this is still partial reconciliation. Mutilate’s rank-1 flat bonus is corrected to 17.25 from the exact client tooltip formula. Remaining unresolved values include talents without an individual warning; no full beta parity or independent combat test is claimed. Seven cast-time protection tooltips now use the October 23 community export; this limited text reconciliation does not establish current-game or launch parity.

Blizzard’s October 15 notes establish the announced changes. Later server-hotfix reporting is kept separately dated. The 70450 comparison also used WoW Forever data (CC BY 4.0) and the author’s Forever Guides talent table. Their incomplete or conflicting records were not substituted for verified talents.

October 20 Mage effect hotfixes: exact ranks for Frost Warding and Missile Barrage from The Forever Era’s client reconstruction, with the WoW Classic Forever changelog for context. These are reported client data, not an independent ForeverAtlas in-game test.

Data: Talents Forever · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by ForeverAtlas. Icons © Blizzard.

Before you commit the points

Malediction has been replaced by Grim Reach. Abide’s October 16 Affliction allocation uses those two range points and adds three points in Pandemic while keeping Siphon Life. Open that 21-point build on the revised trees; older examples retain their original talents.

What changed since the 2026-10-08 snapshot?

Added: Grim Reach.

Removed: Malediction.

4 returning talents have changes to their text, ranks or place in the tree.

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Affliction · Level 30

Affliction with Grim Reach, Pandemic and Siphon Life

Abide

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-10-19

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-10-16. Talent data: 2026-10-19 · 1.60.1.70425.

Level 30 · October 15 trees · 21 ordinary points

Keep instant Corruption and Nightfall, extend your Affliction range with Grim Reach, and take Pandemic for stronger DoT critical strikes.

Affliction · Level 30

Affliction with Grim Reach, Pandemic and Siphon Life

Abide

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-10-22

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-10-16. Talent data: 2026-10-22 · 1.60.1.70425.

Level 30 · October 15 trees · 21 ordinary points

Keep instant Corruption and Nightfall, extend your Affliction range with Grim Reach, and take Pandemic for stronger DoT critical strikes.

Affliction · Level 30

Affliction with Siphon Life and Improved Life Tap

Abide

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-10-08

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-10-10. Talent data: 2026-10-08 · 1.60.1.70291.

Level 30 · October 8 community trees

Add Siphon Life for tougher targets and take Improved Life Tap for Mana recovery, while keeping instant Corruption and Nightfall.

Destruction · Level 30

Destruction with Conflagrate and Bane of Havoc

Abide

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-10-04

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-10-02. Talent data: 2026-10-04 · 1.60.1.70170.

Level 30 · October 4 community trees

Keep Immolate up, use Conflagrate for its burst, and use Bane of Havoc when a second target will live long enough to matter.

Affliction · Level 30

Affliction with Nightfall and Pandemic

Abide

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-09-17

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-09-28. Talent data: 2026-09-17 · 1.60.1.69876.

Historical allocation · beta 69876

Abide’s level-30 route keeps instant Corruption and reaches Nightfall and Pandemic, with Amplify Curse for Bane of Agony.

Affliction · Level 30

Affliction with Nightfall and Pandemic

Abide

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-10-04

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-09-28. Talent data: 2026-10-04 · 1.60.1.70170.

Historical allocation · October 4 community trees

Abide’s level-30 route keeps instant Corruption and reaches Nightfall and Pandemic, with Amplify Curse for Bane of Agony.

Affliction · Level 20

Affliction leveling

Crix

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-09-17

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-09-17. Talent data: 2026-09-17 · 1.60.1.69876.

Historical Crix level-20 allocation · beta 69876

Instant Corruption and resource recovery for questing between dungeon runs.

Destruction · Level 20

Destruction with Shadowburn

Crix

Historical build

Talent data: 2026-09-17

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-09-17. Talent data: 2026-09-17 · 1.60.1.69876.

Historical allocation · beta 69876

Faster casts, more reach and Shadowburn as the level-20 finishing spell.

Demonology · Level 20

Demonology pet build

Crix

Source conflict

Talent data: 2026-09-17

Source & details

Guide updated 2026-09-17. Talent data: 2026-09-17 · 1.60.1.69876.

Historical Crix allocation · linked guide now credits Abide

This earlier pet-focused variant puts all eleven points into Demonology, including Master Summoner. Corruption still needs a cast.

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Warlock talent reference

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Affliction

Improved Life Tap2 ranks

Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.

Final rank

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

Suppression5 ranks

Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.

Final rank

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

Improved Corruption5 ranks

Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.

Final rank

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

Grim Reach2 ranks

Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%.

Final rank

Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 20%.

Soul Harvest2 ranks

Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 50% for 10 sec and allows 50% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Final rank

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.

Improved Drains3 ranks

Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.

Final rank

Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.

Improved Bane of Agony2 ranks

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.

Final rank

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

Fel Concentration3 ranks

Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Final rank

Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Amplify Curse1 rank

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 ranks

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%.

Final rank

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 ranks

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.

Final rank

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

Nightfall2 ranks

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%.

Final rank

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%.

Curse of Exhaustion1 rank

Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Requires 1/1 Amplify Curse.

Siphon Life1 rank

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

Soul Siphon3 ranks

Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.

Final rank

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 ranks

Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.

Final rank

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

Wrack1 rank

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.

Requires 1/1 Siphon Life.

Demonology

Improved Health Funnel2 ranks

Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%, reduces its health cost by 15%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 50%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.

Final rank

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.

Improved Imp3 ranks

Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 10% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 10%.

Final rank

Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.

Demonic Embrace5 ranks

Increases your total Stamina by 3%.

Final rank

Increases your total Stamina by 15%.

Unholy Power5 ranks

Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 2%.

Final rank

Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.

Demonic Aegis2 ranks

Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.

Final rank

Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.

Improved Voidwalker3 ranks

Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 10%.

Final rank

Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.

Fel Vitality3 ranks

Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%.

Final rank

Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.

Demonic Energies2 ranks

You heal your pet for 8% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 50% of the Mana you gain.

Final rank

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.

Improved Sayaad3 ranks

Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 10%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 10%.

Final rank

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%.

Demonic Sacrifice1 rank

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.

Master Summoner2 ranks

Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.

Final rank

Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.

Decimation2 ranks

Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 3% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 20% and costs no Soul Shards.

Final rank

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.

Fel Domination1 rank

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%.

Requires 2/2 Master Summoner.

Demonic Brand3 ranks

Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 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.

Final rank

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.

Improved Felhunter3 ranks

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 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 sec.

Final rank

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.

Demonic Knowledge3 ranks

Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.

Final rank

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.

Master Demonologist5 ranks

Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 2%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 2%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 2%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 2%.

Final rank

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%.

Demonic Pact1 rank

Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

Requires 1/1 Soul Link.

Destruction

Destructive Reach2 ranks

Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%.

Final rank

Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 20%.

Improved Shadow Bolt5 ranks

Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 4% for 12 sec.

Final rank

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

Bane5 ranks

Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.

Final rank

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

Molten Skin5 ranks

Reduces all damage taken by 2%.

Final rank

Reduces all damage taken by 10%.

Cataclysm3 ranks

Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%.

Final rank

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

Aftermath5 ranks

Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 10% and your Conflagrate spell has a 20% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec.

Final rank

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.

Ruin5 ranks

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%.

Final rank

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.

Shadowburn1 rank

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.

Intensity3 ranks

Gives your Destruction spells a 23% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Final rank

Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.

Agonizing Flames3 ranks

Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%.

Final rank

Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.

Conflagrate1 rank

Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.

Pyroclasm2 ranks

Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec.

Final rank

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.

Requires 3/3 Intensity.

Bane of Havoc1 rank

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.

Fire and Brimstone3 ranks

Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.

Final rank

Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.

Requires 1/1 Conflagrate.

Shadow and Flame5 ranks

Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 20% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 20% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.

Final rank

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.

Incinerate1 rank

Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Requires 1/1 Bane of Havoc.

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