Demonology Warlock Guide — Class Guides · WoW Burning Crusade

A stronger demon and a stronger warlock through it: pet damage and survivability.

A cloth-wearing caster who curses enemies, drains their life and summons demons to fight beside them. Warlocks use Soul Shards, Life Tap and Healthstones. More about the warlock

Class: Warlock
Roles: Damage
Used for: Raids and dungeons, Player versus player
Top talent: Summon Felguard
Popular builds: 2
Version: WoW Burning Crusade

How to play

Demonology's deep talent is the Felguard, a melee demon that Cleaves and Intercepts. Demonic Knowledge gives you spell damage from your demon's Stamina and Intellect, Demonic Tactics adds crit for you and the demon, and Soul Link moves part of your damage taken onto it.

Keep the Felguard alive and attacking, and cast Shadow Bolt with Corruption and your curse on the target. It is steady, forgiving damage that keeps its pet.

In arenas Soul Link and Demonic Resilience make Demonology very hard to kill.

At a glance

Single-target damage
Damage to groups
Survivability
Utility for the group
Solo play and leveling
Ease of play

Rated 1 to 5 against the other specs in WoW Burning Crusade.

Rotation and priorities

1Felguard out and attacking your target.
2Your curse and Corruption on the target.
3Shadow Bolt as your main spell.
4Life Tap when needed; Health Funnel if the demon drops low.
5Fel Domination to re-summon quickly.

Strengths and weaknesses

Strengths

Strong, steady damage with a pet.
Very sturdy with Soul Link.
The Felguard's Cleave helps on packs.

Weaknesses

Lower peak damage than Destruction.
Needs the pet alive.
Little burst.

Stats and gear

Stat priority

Most valuable first. Bars compare each stat with the best one; a cap in the note means the stat drops off once you reach it.

1
Spell damage
2
Hitto 16%
3
Stamina
4
Spell haste
5
Intellect
6
Critical strike

What to look for

Spell damage and hit, then Stamina.
Shadow damage gear counts for Shadow Bolt.
Resilience for arenas.

Items worth chasing

Icon of the Silver CrescentSpell damage, and more on use.
Quagmirran's EyeA spell haste proc.
Frozen Shadoweave RobeCrafted robe with shadow and frost damage.

Builds

Each bar splits the build's talent points by tree.

Affliction
Demonology
Destruction

Felguard Commander
DamagePvE
4119
1/41/19
Demonology for raids: the Felguard fights at your side, Demonic Tactics and Soul Link make you both stronger, and Demonic Knowledge adds spell damage.
- Demonic Sacrifice 1/1
- Soul Link 1/1
- Demonic Knowledge 3/3
- Demonic Tactics 5/5
- Summon Felguard 1/1
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Soul Link Siphoner
DamagePvP
2536
25/36/0
The tankiest PvP warlock: Soul Link shares damage with your demon, Siphon Life and Curse of Exhaustion keep pressure up, and Fel Domination resummons fast.
- Siphon Life 1/1
- Curse of Exhaustion 1/1
- Demonic Resilience 1/3
- Soul Link 1/1
- Demonic Knowledge 3/3
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Key talents

Summon Felguard · top talent, up to 1
Summons a Felguard under the command of the Warlock.
Master Summoner · tier 4, up to 2
Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, Felhunter and Fel Guard Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
Unholy Power · tier 4, up to 5
Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks and your Imp's Firebolt by 20%.
Demonic Sacrifice · tier 5, up to 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 2% of total health every 4 sec. Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%. Felhunter: Restores 3% of total mana every 4 sec. Felguard: Increases your Shadow damage by 10% and restores 2% of total mana every 4 sec.
Mana Feed · tier 6, up to 3
When you gain mana from Drain Mana or Life Tap spells, your pet gains 100% of the mana you gain.
Master Demonologist · tier 6, up to 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. Felguard - Increases all damage caused by 5% and all resistances by .5 per level.
Demonic Resilience · tier 7, up to 3
Reduces the chance you'll be critically hit by melee and spells by 3% and reduces all damage your summoned demon takes by 15%.
Soul Link · tier 7, up to 1
When active, 20% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, Felhunter, Felguard, or subjugated demon instead. That damage cannot be prevented. In addition, both the demon and master will inflict 5% more damage. Lasts as long as the demon is active and controlled.
Demonic Knowledge · tier 7, up to 3
Increases your spell damage by an amount equal to 12% of the total of your active demon's Stamina plus Intellect.
Demonic Tactics · tier 8, up to 5
Increases melee and spell critical strike chance for you and your summoned demon by 5%.

Demonology abilities by level

When each ability arrives: trained abilities at the level a trainer first teaches them, talent abilities (gold frame) at the first level the talent can be taken.