Affliction Warlock Talents

The War Within Season 1

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Affliction Warlock talents for The War Within Season 1.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Warlock specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Warlock class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Warlock's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Fel Domination	Instant - 3 Min Cooldown	Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Incubus, Succubus, Felhunter, or Felguard Summon spell is free and has its casting time reduced by 90%.
Soul Leech	Passive	All single-target damage done by you and your minions grants you and your pet shadowy shields that absorb 3% of the damage dealt for 15 sec, up to 5% of maximum health.
Burning Rush	Instant	Increases your movement speed by 50%, but also damages you for 4% of your maximum health every 1 sec. Movement impairing effects may not reduce you below 100% of normal movement speed. Lasts until canceled.
Fel Pact	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Fel Domination by 60 sec.
Demon Skin	Passive	Your Soul Leech absorption now passively recharges at a rate of 0.2% of maximum health every 1 sec, and may now absorb up to 10% of maximum health. Increases your armor by 90%.
Fel Armor	Passive	When Soul Leech absorbs damage, 10% of damage taken is absorbed and spread out over 5 sec. Reduces damage taken by 3.0%.
Fiendish Stride	Passive	Reduces the damage dealt by Burning Rush by 10%. Burning Rush increases your movement speed by an additional 20%.
Curses of Enfeeblement	Passive	Grants access to the following abilities: urse of Tongues: Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by 30% for 1 min. urses: A warlock can only have one Curse active per target. urse of Exhaustion: Reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 12 sec. urses: A warlock can only have one Curse active per target.
Demonic Circle	Passive	Summons a Demonic Circle for 15 min. Cast Demonic Circle: Teleport to teleport to its location and remove all movement slowing effects. You also learn: emonic Circle: Teleport Teleports you to your Demonic Circle and removes all movement slowing effects.
Howl of Terror	Instant - 40 Sec Cooldown	Let loose a terrifying howl, causing 5 enemies within 10 yds to flee in fear, disorienting them for 20 sec. Damage may cancel the effect.
Mortal Coil	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Horrifies an enemy target into fleeing, incapacitating for 3 sec and healing you for 20% of maximum health.
Amplify Curse	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Your next Curse of Exhaustion, Curse of Tongues or Curse of Weakness cast within 15 sec is amplified. urse of Exhaustion Reduces the target's movement speed by an additional 20%. urse of Tongues Increases casting time by an additional 40%. urse of Weakness Enemy is unable to critically strike.
Demonic Embrace	Passive	Stamina increased by 10%.
Demonic Inspiration	Passive	Increases the attack speed of your primary pet by 5%. Increases Grimoire of Sacrifice damage by 10%.
Abyss Walker	Passive	Using Demonic Circle: Teleport or your Demonic Gateway reduces all damage you take by 4% for 10 sec.
Wrathful Minion	Passive	Increases the damage done by your primary pet by 5%. Increases Grimoire of Sacrifice damage by 10%.
Demonic Fortitude	Passive	Increases you and your pets' maximum health by 5%.
Banish	1.5 Sec Cast - 30 Yd Range	Banishes an enemy Demon, Aberration, or Elemental, preventing any action for 30 sec. Limit 1. Casting Banish again on the target will cancel the effect.
Teachings of the Satyr	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Amplify Curse by 15 sec.
Accrued Vitality	Passive	Drain Life heals for 30% of the amount drained over 9.1 sec.
Sweet Souls	Passive	Your Healthstone heals you for an additional 10% of your maximum health. Any party or raid member using a Healthstone also heals you for that amount.
Nightmare	Passive	Increases the amount of damage required to break your fear effects by 60%.
Horrify	Passive	Your Fear causes the target to tremble in place instead of fleeing in fear.
Demonic Gateway	2 Sec Cast - 10 40 Yd Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Creates a demonic gateway between two locations. Activating the gateway transports the user to the other gateway. Each player can use a Demonic Gateway only once per 90 sec.
Lifeblood	Passive	When you use a Healthstone, gain 8% Leech for 20 sec.
Dark Pact	Instant - 1 Min Cooldown	Sacrifices 20% of your current health to shield you for 200% of the sacrificed health plus an additional 13,835 for 20 sec. Usable while suffering from control impairing effects.
Strength of Will	Passive	Unending Resolve reduces damage taken by an additional 15%.
Dark Accord	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Unending Resolve by 45 sec.
Shadowfury	1.5 Sec Cast - 35 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Stuns all enemies within 8 yds for 3 sec.
Ichor of Devils	Passive	Dark Pact sacrifices only 5% of your current health for the same shield value.
Frequent Donor	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Dark Pact by 15 sec.
Socrethar's Guile	Passive	Agony damage increased by 15%.
Sargerei Technique	Passive	Shadow Bolt and Drain Soul damage increased by 15%.
Darkfury	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Shadowfury by 15 sec and increases its radius by 2 yards.
Shadowflame	Instant - 15 Sec Cooldown	Slows enemies in a 12 yard cone in front of you by 70% for 6 sec.
Swift Artifice	Passive	Reduces the cast time of Soulstone and Create Healthstone by 50%.
Demonic Tactics	Passive	Your spells have a 5% increased chance to deal a critical strike. You gain 10% more of the Critical Strike stat from all sources.
Teachings of the Black Harvest	Passive	Your primary pets gain a bonus effect. mp: Successful Singe Magic casts grant the target 4% damage reduction for 5 sec. oidwalker: Reduces the cooldown of Shadow Bulwark by 30 sec. elhunter: Reduces the cooldown of Devour Magic by 5 sec. ayaad: Reduces the cooldown of Seduction by 10 sec and causes the target to walk faster towards the demon.
Resolute Barrier	Passive	Attacks received that deal at least 5% of your health decrease Unending Resolve's cooldown by 10 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 20 sec.
Fel Synergy	Passive	Soul Leech also heals you for 15% and your pet for 50% of the absorption it grants.
Soul Link	Passive	10% of all damage you take is taken by your demon pet instead. While Grimoire of Sacrifice is active, your Stamina is increased by 5%.
Demonic Resilience	Passive	Reduces the chance you will be critically struck by 4%. All damage your primary demon takes is reduced by 15%.
Pact of Gluttony	Passive	Healthstones you conjure for yourself are now Demonic Healthstones and can be used multiple times in combat. Demonic Healthstones cannot be traded. emonic Healthstone Instantly restores 25% health. 60 sec cooldown.
Soul Conduit	Passive	Every Soul Shard you spend has a 5% chance to be refunded.
Soulburn	Instant - 6 Sec Cooldown	Consumes a Soul Shard, unlocking the hidden power of your spells. emonic Circle: Teleport: Increases your movement speed by 50% and makes you immune to snares and roots for 6 sec. emonic Gateway: Can be cast instantly. rain Life: Gain an absorb shield equal to the amount of healing done for 30 sec. This shield cannot exceed 30% of your maximum health. ealth Funnel: Restores 140% more health and reduces the damage taken by your pet by 30% for 10 sec. ealthstone: Increases the healing of your Healthstone by 30% and increases your maximum health by 20% for 12 sec.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Affliction Warlocks with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Affliction Warlocks from other Warlock specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Unstable Affliction	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Afflicts one target with 26,057 Shadow damage over 16 sec. If dispelled, deals 101,609 damage to the dispeller and silences them for 4 sec.
Writhe in Agony	Passive	Agony's damage starts at 4 stacks and may now ramp up to 18 stacks.
Seed of Corruption	2 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range	Embeds a demon seed in the enemy target that will explode after 10.9 sec, dealing 3,192 Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yards and applying Corruption to them. The seed will detonate early if the target is hit by other detonations, or takes 2,767 damage from your spells.
Dark Virtuosity	Passive	Shadow Bolt and Drain Soul deal an additional 10% damage.
Absolute Corruption	Passive	Corruption is now permanent and deals 15% increased damage. Duration reduced to 24 sec against players.
Siphon Life	Passive	Corruption deals 30% increased damage and its periodic damage heals you for 5% of the damage dealt.
Kindled Malice	Passive	Malefic Rapture damage increased by 8%. Corruption damage increased by 20%.
Nightfall	Passive	Corruption damage has a chance to cause your next Shadow Bolt or Drain Soul to deal 25% increased damage. Shadow Bolt is instant cast and Drain Soul channels 50% faster when affected.
Volatile Agony	Passive	Refreshing Agony with 10 or less seconds remaining deals 8,807 Shadow damage to its target and enemies within 10 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Improved Shadow Bolt	Passive	Reduces the cast time of Shadow Bolt by 15% and increases its damage by 40%.
Drain Soul	Passive	Replaces Shadow Bolt. Drains the target's soul, causing 12,843 Shadow damage over 4.5 sec. Damage is increased by 100% against enemies below 20% health. enerates 1 Soul Shard if the target dies during this effect.
Summoner's Embrace	Passive	Increases the damage dealt by your spells and your demon by 3%.
Grimoire of Sacrifice	Instant - 30 Sec Cooldown	Sacrifices your demon pet for power, gaining its command demon ability, and causing your spells to sometimes also deal 2,062 additional Shadow damage. Lasts until canceled or until you summon a demon pet.
Vile Taint	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Unleashes a vile explosion at the target location, dealing 10,240 Shadow damage over 10 sec to 8 enemies within 10 yds and applies Agony and Curse of Exhaustion to them.
Phantom Singularity	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Places a phantom singularity above the target, which consumes the life of all enemies within 15 yards, dealing 12,053 damage over 14.5 sec, healing you for 25% of the damage done.
Haunt	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	A ghostly soul haunts the target, dealing 26,499 Shadow damage and increasing your damage dealt to the target by 10% for 18 sec. If the target dies, Haunt's cooldown is reset.
Shadow Embrace	Passive	Shadow Bolt applies Shadow Embrace, increasing your damage dealt to the target by 4% for 16 sec. Stacks up to 2 times.
Sacrolash's Dark Strike	Passive	Corruption damage is increased by 15%, and each time it deals damage any of your Curses active on the target are extended by 0.5 sec.
Summon Darkglare	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Summons a Darkglare from the Twisting Nether that extends the duration of your damage over time effects on all enemies by 8 sec. The Darkglare will serve you for 20 sec, blasting its target for 3,976 Shadow damage, increased by 25% for every damage over time effect you have active on their current target.
Cunning Cruelty	Passive	Shadow Bolt and Drain Soul have a chance to trigger a Shadow Bolt Volley, dealing 7,092 Shadow damage to 5 enemies within 10 yards of your current target.
Infirmity	Passive	The stack count of Agony is increased by 4 when applied by Vile Taint. Enemies damaged by Phantom Singularity take 10% increased damage from you for its duration.
Improved Haunt	Passive	Increases the damage of Haunt by 35% and reduces its cast time by 25%. Haunt now applies Shadow Embrace.
Malediction	Passive	Increases the critical strike chance of Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction by 10%.
Malevolent Visionary	Passive	Increases the damage of your Darkglare by 70%. When Darkglare extends damage over time effects it also sears affected targets for 43,739 Shadow damage.
Contagion	Passive	Increases critical strike damage dealt by Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction by 30%.
Cull the Weak	Passive	Malefic Rapture damage is increased by 8% for each enemy it hits, up to 5 enemies.
Creeping Death	Passive	Your Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction deal damage 15% faster.
Soul Rot	1.5 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Wither away all life force of your current target and up to 4 additional targets nearby, causing your primary target to suffer 29,033 Shadow damage and secondary targets to suffer 14,516 Shadow damage over 8 sec. For the next 8 sec, casting Drain Life will cause you to also Drain Life from any enemy affected by your Soul Rot, and Drain Life will not consume any mana.
Tormented Crescendo	Passive	While Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction are active, your Shadow Bolt has a 30% chance and your Drain Soul has a 20% chance to make your next Malefic Rapture cost no Soul Shards and cast instantly.
Xavius' Gambit	Passive	Unstable Affliction deals 20% increased damage.
Focused Malignancy	Passive	Malefic Rapture deals 25% increased damage to targets suffering from Unstable Affliction.
Perpetual Unstability	Passive	The cast time of Unstable Affliction is reduced by 20%. Refreshing Unstable Affliction with 8 or less seconds remaining deals 18,602 Shadow damage to its target.
Malign Omen	Passive	Casting Soul Rot grants 3 applications of Malign Omen. align Omen Your next Malefic Rapture deals 20% increased damage and extends the duration of your damage over time effects and Haunt by 2 sec.
Relinquished	Passive	Agony has 1.10 times the normal chance to generate a Soul Shard.
Withering Bolt	Passive	Shadow Bolt and Drain Soul deal 8% increased damage, up to 24%, per damage over time effect you have active on the target.
Improved Malefic Rapture	Passive	Increases Malefic Rapture damage by 5% and reduces its cast time by 10%.
Oblivion	Channeled - 45 Sec Cooldown	Unleash wicked magic upon your target's soul, dealing 92,205 Shadow damage over 3 sec. Deals 10% increased damage, up to 30%, per damage over time effect you have active on the target.
Death's Embrace	Passive	Increases Drain Life healing by 30% while your health is at or below 35% health. Damage done by your Agony, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, and Malefic Rapture is increased by 10% when your target is at or below 35% health.
Dark Harvest	Passive	Each target affected by Soul Rot increases your haste and critical strike chance by 4.0% for 8 sec.
Ravenous Afflictions	Passive	Critical strikes from your Agony, Corruption, and Unstable Affliction have a chance to grant Nightfall.
Malefic Touch	Passive	Malefic Rapture deals an additional 3,095 Shadowflame damage to each target it affects.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Affliction Warlock class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Soul Harvester

Name	Cast	Effect
Demonic Soul	Passive	A demonic entity now inhabits your soul, allowing you to detect if a Soul Shard has a Succulent Soul when it's generated. A Succulent Soul empowers your next Hand of Gul'dan, increasing its damage by 60%, and unleashing your demonic soul to deal an additional 9,774 Shadow damage.
Necrolyte Teachings	Passive	Shadow Bolt damage increased by 20%. Power Siphon increases the damage of Demonbolt by an additional 20%.
Soul Anathema	Passive	Unleashing your demonic soul bestows a fiendish entity unto the soul of its targets, dealing 7,793 Shadow damage over 10 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Soul Anathema.
Demoniac's Fervor	Passive	Your demonic soul deals 100% increased damage to the main target of Hand of Gul'dan.
Gorebound Fortitude	Passive	You always gain the benefit of Soulburn when consuming a Healthstone, increasing its healing by 30% and increasing your maximum health by 20% for 12 sec.
Friends In Dark Places	Passive	Dark Pact now shields you for an additional 50% of the sacrificed health.
Shared Fate	Passive	When you kill a target, its tortured soul is flung into a nearby enemy for 3 sec. This effect inflicts 2,840 Shadow damage to enemies within 10 yds every 0.9 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets.
Feast of Souls	Passive	When you kill a target, you have a chance to generate a Soul Shard that is guaranteed to be a Succulent Soul.
Eternal Servitude	Passive	Fel Domination cooldown is reduced by 90 sec.
Gorefiend's Resolve	Passive	Targets resurrected with Soulstone resurrect with 40% additional health and 80% additional mana.
Wicked Reaping	Passive	Damage dealt by your demonic soul is increased by 10%. Consuming Demonic Core feeds the demonic entity within you, causing it to appear and deal 5,321 Shadow damage to your target.
Quietus	Passive	Soul Anathema damage increased by 25% and is dealt 20% faster. Consuming Demonic Core activates Shared Fate or Feast of Souls.
Sataiel's Volition	Passive	Wild Imp damage increased by 5% and Wild Imps that are imploded have an additional 5% chance to grant a Demonic Core.
Shadow of Death	Passive	Your Summon Demonic Tyrant spell is empowered by the demonic entity within you, causing it to grant 3 Soul Shards that each contain a Succulent Soul.

Hellcaller

Name	Cast	Effect
Wither	Passive	Bestows a vile malediction upon the target, burning the sinew and muscle of its host, dealing 1,093 Shadowflame damage immediately and an additional 18,479 Shadowflame damage over 18 sec. eplaces Corruption.
Xalan's Ferocity	Passive	Fire damage dealt by your spells and abilities is increased by 2% and your Fire spells gain 10% more critical strike chance from all sources.
Blackened Soul	Passive	Spending Soul Shards on damaging spells will further corrupt enemies affected by your Wither, increasing its stack count by 1. Each time Wither gains a stack it has a chance to collapse, consuming a stack every 1 sec to deal 3,262 Shadowflame damage to its host until 1 stack remains.
Xalan's Cruelty	Passive	Shadow damage dealt by your spells and abilities is increased by 2% and your Shadow spells gain 10% more critical strike chance from all sources.
Curse of the Satyr	Passive	Curse of Weakness is empowered and transforms into Curse of the Satyr. urse of the Satyr Increases the time between an enemy's attacks by 20% and the casting time of all spells by 30% for 2 min. urses: A warlock can only have one Curse active per target.
Aura of Enfeeblement	Passive	While Unending Resolve is active, enemies within 30 yds are affected by Curse of Tongues and Curse of Weakness at 100% effectiveness.
Hatefury Rituals	Passive	Wither deals 30% increased periodic damage but its duration is 15% shorter.
Bleakheart Tactics	Passive	Wither damage increased 20%. When Wither gains a stack from Blackened Soul, it has a chance to gain an additional stack.
Zevrim's Resilience	Passive	Dark Pact heals you for 9,108 every 1 sec while active.
Illhoof's Design	Passive	Sacrifice 10% of your maximum health. Soul Leech now absorbs an additional 15% of your maximum health.
Mark of Xavius	Passive	Wither damage increased by 25%. Blackened Soul deals 2% increased damage per stack of Wither.
Seeds of Their Demise	Passive	After Wither reaches 8 stacks or when its host reaches 20% health, Wither deals 3,262 Shadowflame damage to its host every 1 sec until 1 stack remains. When Blackened Soul deals damage, you have a chance to gain Tormented Crescendo.
Mark of Peroth'arn	Passive	Critical strike damage dealt by Wither is increased by 10%. Wither has a chance to gain a stack when it critically strikes. Stacks gained this way do not activate Blackened Soul.
Malevolence	Passive - 1 Min Cooldown	Dark magic erupts from you and corrupts your soul for 20 sec, causing enemies suffering from your Wither to take 18,429 Shadowflame damage and increase its stack count by 6. While corrupted your Haste is increased by 8% and spending Soul Shards on damaging spells grants 1 additional stack of Wither.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Affliction Warlock 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Gateway Mastery		Increases the range of your Demonic Gateway by 20 yards, and reduces the cast time by 30%. Reduces the time between how often players can take your Demonic Gateway by 30 sec.
Rot and Decay		Shadow Bolt damage increases the duration of your Unstable Affliction, Corruption, Agony, and Siphon Life on the target by 2.0 sec. Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Oblivion damage increases the duration of your Unstable Affliction, Corruption, Agony, and Siphon Life on the target by 1.0 sec.
Nether Ward		Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 3 sec, reflecting all harmful spells cast on you.
Essence Drain		Whenever you heal yourself with Drain Life, the enemy target deals 9% reduced damage to you for 10 sec. Stacks up to 4 times.
Rampant Afflictions		Unstable Affliction can now be applied to up to 3 targets, but its damage is reduced by 60%.
Jinx		Casting a curse now applies Corruption and Agony to your target, but curses now costs 1 Soul Shard.
Shadow Rift		Conjure a Shadow Rift at the target location lasting 2 sec. Enemy players within the rift when it expires are teleported to your Demonic Circle. Must be within 40 yds of your Demonic Circle to cast.
Call Observer		Summons a demonic Observer to keep a watchful eye over the area for 20 sec. Anytime an enemy within 30 yards casts a harmful magical spell, the Observer will deal up to 4% of the target's maximum health in Shadow damage.
Bonds of Fel		Encircle enemy players with Bonds of Fel. If any affected player leaves the 8 yd radius they explode, dealing 28,740 Fire damage split amongst all nearby enemies.
Impish Instincts		Taking direct Physical damage reduces the cooldown of Demonic Circle by 3 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 5 sec.
Soul Rip		Fracture the soul of up to 3 target players within 20 yds into the shadows, reducing their damage done by 25% and healing received by 25% for 8 sec. Souls are fractured up to 20 yds from the player's location. Players can retrieve their souls to remove this effect.
Soul Swap		Copies your damage over time effects and Haunt from the target, preserving their duration. Your next use of Soul Swap within 10 sec will exhale a copy damage of the effects onto a new target.