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What changed for the Warlock in WoW Forever — WoW Forever

The Warlock's spells and talents in WoW Forever, compared with WoW Classic: what's new, what changed and what's gone.

Spells

Talents

New (21)

  • Soul Harvest · Affliction

    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 Drains · Affliction

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

  • Improved Bane of Agony · Affliction

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

  • Pandemic · Affliction

    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%.

  • Malevolence · Affliction

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

  • Soul Siphon · Affliction

    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%.

  • Wrack · Affliction

    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.

  • Demonic Aegis · Demonology

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

  • Fel Vitality · Demonology

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

  • Demonic Energies · Demonology

    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.

  • Decimation · Demonology

    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.

  • Demonic Brand · Demonology

    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 Felhunter · Demonology

    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 Knowledge · Demonology

    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.

  • Demonic Pact · Demonology

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

  • Molten Skin · Destruction

    Reduces all damage taken by 10%.

  • Agonizing Flames · Destruction

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

  • Bane of Havoc · Destruction

    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 Brimstone · Destruction

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

  • Shadow and Flame · Destruction

    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.

  • Incinerate · Destruction

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

Changed (29)

  • Improved Life Tap · Affliction

    Tier 2 → 1

  • Suppression · Affliction

    In WoW Classic
    Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 10%.
    Now
    Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
  • Improved Corruption · Affliction

    In WoW Classic
    Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec.
    Now
    Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
  • Grim Reach · Affliction

    Tier 4 → 2

  • Amplify Curse · Affliction

    In WoW Classic
    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.
    Now
    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.
  • Fel Concentration · Affliction

    Ranks: 5 → 3

    In WoW Classic
    Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling the Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spell.
    Now
    Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
  • Nightfall · Affliction

    In WoW Classic
    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%.
    Now
    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 Exhaustion · Affliction

    Tier 5 → 4

    In WoW Classic
    Reduces the target's movement speed by 10% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
    Now
    Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
  • Siphon Life · Affliction

    In WoW Classic
    Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
    Now
    Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
  • Improved Health Funnel · Demonology

    Tier 2 → 1

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the amount of Health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%.
    Now
    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 Imp · Demonology

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 30%.
    Now
    Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%.
  • Demonic Embrace · Demonology

    In WoW Classic
    Increases your total Stamina by 15% but reduces your total Spirit by 5%.
    Now
    Increases your total Stamina by 15%.
  • Unholy Power · Demonology

    Tier 4 → 1

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter's melee attacks by 20%.
    Now
    Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
  • Improved Voidwalker · Demonology

    In WoW Classic
    Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice and Suffering spells by 30%.
    Now
    Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.
  • Demonic Sacrifice · Demonology

    Tier 5 → 3

    In WoW Classic
    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.
    Now
    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 Summoner · Demonology

    Tier 4 → 3

  • Fel Domination · Demonology

    Tier 3 → 4

  • Soul Link · Demonology

    Tier 7 → 5

    In WoW Classic
    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.
    Now
    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.
  • Master Demonologist · Demonology

    In WoW Classic
    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.
    Now
    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%.
  • Destructive Reach · Destruction

    Tier 4 → 1

  • Improved Shadow Bolt · Destruction

    In WoW Classic
    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.
    Now
    Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
  • Bane · Destruction

    Tier 2 → 1

    In WoW Classic
    Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
    Now
    Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec.
  • Cataclysm · Destruction

    Ranks: 5 → 3 · Tier 1 → 2

    In WoW Classic
    Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 5%.
    Now
    Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%.
  • Aftermath · Destruction

    In WoW Classic
    Gives your Destruction spells a 10% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.
    Now
    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.
  • Ruin · Destruction

    Ranks: 1 → 5 · Tier 5 → 3

  • Shadowburn · Destruction

    In WoW Classic
    Instantly blasts the target for 91 to 103 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 sec of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.
    Now
    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.
  • Intensity · Destruction

    Ranks: 2 → 3

    In WoW Classic
    Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while channeling the Rain of Fire, Hellfire or Soul Fire spell.
    Now
    Gives your Destruction spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
  • Conflagrate · Destruction

    Tier 7 → 4

    In WoW Classic
    Ignites a target that is already afflicted by Immolate, dealing 249 to 315 Fire damage and consuming the Immolate spell.
    Now
    Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
  • Pyroclasm · Destruction

    In WoW Classic
    Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 26% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
    Now
    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.

Removed (19)

  • Improved Curse of Weakness · Affliction

    Increases the effect of your Curse of Weakness by 20%.

  • Improved Drain Soul · Affliction

    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 Life · Affliction

    Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 10%.

  • Improved Curse of Agony · Affliction

    Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 6%.

  • Improved Drain Mana · Affliction

    Causes 30% of the Mana drained by your Drain Mana spell to damage the opponent.

  • Improved Curse of Exhaustion · Affliction

    Increases the speed reduction of your Curse of Exhaustion by 20%.

  • Dark Pact · Affliction

    Drains 150 of your pet's Mana, returning 100% to you.

  • Improved Healthstone · Demonology

    Increases the amount of Health restored by your Healthstone by 20%.

  • Fel Intellect · Demonology

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

  • Fel Stamina · Demonology

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

  • Improved Subjugate Demon · Demonology

    Reduces the Attack Speed and Casting Speed penalty of your Subjugate Demon spell by 10% and reduces the resist chance by 10%.

  • Improved Firestone · Demonology

    Increases the bonus Fire damage from Firestones and the Firestone effect by 30%.

  • Improved Spellstone · Demonology

    Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your Spellstone by 30%.

  • Improved Firebolt · Destruction

    Reduces the casting time of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 1 sec.

  • Improved Lash of Pain · Destruction

    Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain spell by 6 sec.

  • Devastation · Destruction

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 5%.

  • Improved Searing Pain · Destruction

    Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10%.

  • Improved Immolate · Destruction

    Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 25%.

  • Emberstorm · Destruction

    Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 10%.