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Ranged damage

Warlock

Demons, curses and fire. Warlocks drain, dot and summon, trading health for mana and fear for control.
Resource
Mana
Armor
Cloth
Weapons
Daggers, One-Handed Swords, Staves, Wands
TalentsGuide

What Forever changes

The most rebuilt class in Forever: Curses of Agony and Doom become Banes, Affliction ends in Wrack, Demonology in Demonic Pact and Destruction in Incinerate. Trolls can now be Warlocks.

22
new talents
27
reworked
20
removed
2
new trainer spells
AfflictionAffliction
New talents
DemonologyDemonology
New talents
DestructionDestruction
New talents

Specializations

Each tree with its role, its capstone and a build to start from.

Affliction

Affliction

Ranged damage

Banes, Corruption and Wrack ticking every second.

Capstone
WrackWrack

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.

Open 37/14/0 build
Demonology

Demonology

Ranged damage

Demonic Sacrifice that you keep, with Demonic Pact and a demon still at your side.

Capstone
Demonic PactDemonic Pact

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

Open 0/33/18 build
Destruction

Destruction

Ranged damage

Conflagrate, Shadowburn and Incinerate, with Shadow and Flame linking the schools.

Capstone
IncinerateIncinerate

Deals 100 to 114 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Open 16/0/35 build

Trainer changes

Spells the trainer teaches differently in Forever, compared with Classic.

New spells

  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyLevel 8
  • Bane of DoomBane of DoomLevel 60

Learned at a different level

  • Create HealthstoneCreate HealthstoneLevel 10
  • Create SoulstoneCreate SoulstoneLevel 18
  • Curse of the ElementsCurse of the ElementsLevel 20
  • Detect InvisibilityDetect InvisibilityLevel 26
  • Create FirestoneCreate FirestoneLevel 28
  • ConflagrateConflagrateLevel 32
  • Create SpellstoneCreate SpellstoneLevel 36

Races

Who can be a Warlock. Marked races are new to the class in Forever.

All races
Human
Human
Alliance
PerceptionPerceptionWill to SurviveWill to SurviveSword SpecializationSword SpecializationThe Human SpiritThe Human Spirit
Gnome
Gnome
Alliance
Escape ArtistEscape ArtistEureka!Eureka!Engineering SpecializationEngineering SpecializationExpansive MindExpansive Mind
Orc
Orc
Horde
Blood FuryBlood FuryShatter CurseShatter CurseAxe SpecializationAxe SpecializationHardinessHardiness
Undead
Undead
Horde
CannibalizeCannibalizeWill of the ForsakenWill of the ForsakenTouch of the GraveTouch of the GraveUnderwater BreathingUnderwater Breathing
Troll
Troll
Horde
New combination
BerserkingBerserkingRapid RegenerationRapid RegenerationBeast SlayingBeast SlayingRegenerationRegeneration

Grimoire builds

Starting points for level 60, built on the Forever trees. Each one loads straight into the calculator.

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Affliction

37 / 14 / 0

DoTs and Wrack: Curses of Agony and Doom are Banes now, and Wrack ticks every second while raising the damage of your other Shadow damage-over-time effects on the target by 10%.

  • Pandemic lets damage-over-time effects crit for more; Malevolence supplies the crit.
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Demonology

0 / 33 / 18

Demonic Pact keeps your Demonic Sacrifice buff when you summon a different demon, so you can sacrifice one and fight with another.

  • Decimation cuts Soul Fire’s cooldown by 90% and speeds it up on low-health targets.
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Destruction

16 / 0 / 35

Conflagrate and Shadowburn feed Shadow and Flame, which buffs the opposite school. Incinerate is the new capstone filler.

  • Bane of Havoc copies 15% of your damage to a second target: free cleave on two-target fights.
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Abilities by level

Every rank the trainer teaches, with what changed in Forever marked.

Full ability list
Level 1
  • Demon SkinDemon SkinRank 1
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 1
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 1
  • Summon ImpSummon ImpSummon
Level 4
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 1
  • Curse of WeaknessCurse of WeaknessRank 1
Level 6
  • Life TapLife TapRank 1
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 2
Level 8
  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 1New spell
  • FearFearRank 1
Level 10
  • Create HealthstoneCreate HealthstoneRank 1New level
  • Demon SkinDemon SkinRank 2
  • Drain SoulDrain SoulRank 1
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 2
  • Summon VoidwalkerSummon VoidwalkerSummon
Level 12
  • Curse of WeaknessCurse of WeaknessRank 2
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 1
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 3
Level 14
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 2
  • Curse of RecklessnessCurse of RecklessnessRank 1
  • Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 1
Level 16
  • Life TapLife TapRank 2
  • Unending BreathUnending Breath
Level 18
  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 2New spell
  • Create SoulstoneCreate SoulstoneRank 1New level
  • Searing PainSearing PainRank 1
Level 20
  • Curse of the ElementsCurse of the ElementsRank 1New level
  • Demon ArmorDemon ArmorRank 1
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 2
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 3
  • Rain of FireRain of FireRank 1
  • Ritual of SummoningRitual of Summoning
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 4
  • Summon IncubusSummon IncubusSummon
  • Summon SuccubusSummon SuccubusSummon
Level 22
  • Create HealthstoneCreate HealthstoneRank 2New level
  • Curse of WeaknessCurse of WeaknessRank 3
  • Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 2
  • Eye of KilroggEye of KilroggSummon
Level 24
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 3
  • Drain ManaDrain ManaRank 1
  • Drain SoulDrain SoulRank 2
  • Sense DemonsSense Demons
  • ShadowburnShadowburnRank 2
Level 26
  • Curse of TonguesCurse of TonguesRank 1
  • Detect InvisibilityDetect InvisibilityRank 1New level
  • Life TapLife TapRank 3
  • Searing PainSearing PainRank 2
Level 28
  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 3New spell
  • BanishBanishRank 1
  • Create FirestoneCreate FirestoneRank 1New level
  • Curse of RecklessnessCurse of RecklessnessRank 2
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 3
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 5
Level 30
  • Create SoulstoneCreate SoulstoneRank 2New level
  • Curse of the ElementsCurse of the ElementsRank 2New level
  • Demon ArmorDemon ArmorRank 2
  • Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 3
  • HellfireHellfireRank 1
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 4
  • Subjugate DemonSubjugate DemonRank 1
  • Summon FelhunterSummon FelhunterSummon
Level 32
  • ConflagrateConflagrateRank 2New level
  • Curse of WeaknessCurse of WeaknessRank 4
  • FearFearRank 2
  • Shadow WardShadow WardRank 1
  • ShadowburnShadowburnRank 3
Level 34
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 4
  • Create HealthstoneCreate HealthstoneRank 3New level
  • Drain ManaDrain ManaRank 2
  • Rain of FireRain of FireRank 2
  • Searing PainSearing PainRank 3
Level 36
  • Create FirestoneCreate FirestoneRank 2New level
  • Create SpellstoneCreate SpellstoneRank 1New level
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 4
  • Life TapLife TapRank 4
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 6
Level 38
  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 4New spell
  • Detect InvisibilityDetect InvisibilityRank 2New level
  • Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 4
  • Drain SoulDrain SoulRank 3
  • Siphon LifeSiphon LifeRank 2
Level 40
  • ConflagrateConflagrateRank 3New level
  • Create SoulstoneCreate SoulstoneRank 3New level
  • Curse of the ElementsCurse of the ElementsRank 3New level
  • Demon ArmorDemon ArmorRank 3
  • Howl of TerrorHowl of TerrorRank 1
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 5
  • ShadowburnShadowburnRank 4
Level 42
  • Curse of RecklessnessCurse of RecklessnessRank 3
  • Curse of WeaknessCurse of WeaknessRank 5
  • Death CoilDeath CoilRank 1
  • HellfireHellfireRank 2
  • Searing PainSearing PainRank 4
  • Shadow WardShadow WardRank 2
Level 44
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 5
  • Drain ManaDrain ManaRank 3
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 5
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 7
  • Subjugate DemonSubjugate DemonRank 2
Level 46
  • Create FirestoneCreate FirestoneRank 3New level
  • Create HealthstoneCreate HealthstoneRank 4New level
  • Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 5
  • Life TapLife TapRank 5
  • Rain of FireRain of FireRank 3
Level 48
  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 5New spell
  • BanishBanishRank 2
  • ConflagrateConflagrateRank 4New level
  • Create SpellstoneCreate SpellstoneRank 2New level
  • ShadowburnShadowburnRank 5
  • Siphon LifeSiphon LifeRank 3
  • Soul FireSoul FireRank 1
Level 50
  • Create SoulstoneCreate SoulstoneRank 4New level
  • Curse of TonguesCurse of TonguesRank 2
  • Curse of the ElementsCurse of the ElementsRank 4New level
  • Death CoilDeath CoilRank 2
  • Demon ArmorDemon ArmorRank 4
  • Detect InvisibilityDetect InvisibilityRank 3New level
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 6
  • IncinerateIncinerateRank 2New spell
  • InfernoInfernoSummon
  • Searing PainSearing PainRank 5
Level 52
  • Curse of WeaknessCurse of WeaknessRank 6
  • Drain SoulDrain SoulRank 4
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 6
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 8
  • Shadow WardShadow WardRank 3
Level 54
  • ConflagrateConflagrateRank 5New level
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 6
  • Drain LifeDrain LifeRank 6
  • Drain ManaDrain ManaRank 4
  • HellfireHellfireRank 3
  • Howl of TerrorHowl of TerrorRank 2
Level 56
  • Create FirestoneCreate FirestoneRank 4New level
  • Curse of RecklessnessCurse of RecklessnessRank 4
  • FearFearRank 3
  • Life TapLife TapRank 6
  • ShadowburnShadowburnRank 6
  • Soul FireSoul FireRank 2
Level 58
  • Bane of AgonyBane of AgonyRank 6New spell
  • Create HealthstoneCreate HealthstoneRank 5New level
  • Death CoilDeath CoilRank 3
  • Rain of FireRain of FireRank 4
  • Searing PainSearing PainRank 6
  • Siphon LifeSiphon LifeRank 4
  • Subjugate DemonSubjugate DemonRank 3
Level 60
  • Bane of DoomBane of DoomNew spell
  • ConflagrateConflagrateRank 6New level
  • CorruptionCorruptionRank 7
  • Create SoulstoneCreate SoulstoneRank 5New level
  • Create SpellstoneCreate SpellstoneRank 3New level
  • Demon ArmorDemon ArmorRank 5
  • Health FunnelHealth FunnelRank 7
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 7
  • ImmolateImmolateRank 8
  • IncinerateIncinerateRank 3New spell
  • Ritual of DoomRitual of Doom
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 10
  • Shadow BoltShadow BoltRank 9
  • Shadow WardShadow WardRank 4
Warlock guide

Affliction, Demonology and Destruction in World of Warcraft: Forever. Banes and Wrack, Demonic Pact, Shadow and Flame, Incinerate, three builds, stat priorities and leveling.

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