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Classes in WoW: Forever

Warlock in WoW: Forever

22 new talents, 28 changed and 20 removed across Affliction / Demonology / Destruction compared to Classic Era, as seen in the BlizzCon 2026 demo.

Who can be a Warlock

Race and class combinations confirmed for launch; highlighted pairs did not exist in Classic. Click a race for name ideas.

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Talent trees

Rank-1 tooltips from the BlizzCon demo captured 2026-09-13; higher ranks are filled from Classic Era where the talent is unchanged. Values may change before release.

  • New in Forever (8)
  • Changed or moved (9)
  • Removed from Classic: 8

New talents

  • MaledictionIncreases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
  • Soul HarvestingYou gain Soul Harvest for 10 sec if a victim is killed while afflicted with your Drain Soul. Soul Harvest allows your Mana to regenerate at 50% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 50% increase to your Mana regeneration.
  • Improved DrainsIncreases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul spells by 2% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 6%. When your Drain Soul damages targets below 20% health, this bonus is tripled. Additionally, your Drain Life range is extended by 3 yards.
  • Improved Bane of AgonyIncreases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
  • PandemicIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life, and Drain Hope spells by 33%.
  • MalevolenceIncreases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
  • Soul SiphonIncreases the rate at which your Drain Life and Drain Soul deal damage by 17%, but reduces your healing from Drain Life by 10%.
  • Drain Hope200 Mana. 30 yd range. Channeled. Drains all hope from the target, dealing 52 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing all other Shadow damage over time you deal to that target by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.

Changed

Improved Life Tap · Suppression · Improved Corruption · Fel Concentration · Amplify Curse · Nightfall · Curse of Exhaustion · Siphon Life · Shadow Mastery

Removed from Classic

Improved Curse of Weakness · Improved Drain Soul · Improved Drain Life · Improved Curse of Agony · Grim Reach · Improved Drain Mana · Improved Curse of Exhaustion · Dark Pact

  • New in Forever (8)
  • Changed or moved (9)
  • Removed from Classic: 6

New talents

  • Demonic AegisIncreases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.
  • Fel VitalityIncreases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%.
  • Demonic EnergiesYou 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.
  • DecimationReduces 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.
  • Demonic BrandYour Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 2 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal 39 to 42 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.
  • Improved FelhunterIncreases 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.
  • Demonic KnowledgeIncreases your spell damage and healing by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.
  • Demonic PactYour Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

Changed

Improved Health Funnel · Improved Imp · Demonic Embrace · Unholy Power · Demonic Sacrifice · Master Summoner · Fel Domination · Soul Link · Master Demonologist

Removed from Classic

Improved Healthstone · Fel Intellect · Fel Stamina · Improved Subjugate Demon · Improved Firestone · Improved Spellstone

  • New in Forever (6)
  • Changed or moved (10)
  • Removed from Classic: 6

New talents

  • Molten SkinReduces all damage taken by 2%.
  • Agonizing FlamesIncreases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%.
  • Bane of Havoc43 Mana. 30 yd range. Instant. 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 BrimstoneIncreases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.
  • Shadow and FlameHitting 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.
  • Incinerate205 Mana. 30 yd range. 2.5 sec cast. Deals 125 to 140 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Changed

Destructive Reach · Improved Shadow Bolt · Bane · Cataclysm · Aftermath · Ruin · Shadowburn · Intensity · Conflagrate · Pyroclasm

Removed from Classic

Improved Firebolt · Improved Lash of Pain · Devastation · Improved Searing Pain · Improved Immolate · Emberstorm

Other classes

Demo values — everything here can change before launch.