WoW Forever Warlock Talents

Every Warlock talent in the current snapshot — rank text, grid position, source status, and Classic comparison. Rank text coverage: 149 of 149 ranks; ranks without confirmed text are marked explicitly.

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World of Warcraft: Forever reworks the Classic Warlock specialization trees: 52 talents across Affliction, Demonology, Destruction, with 19 brand-new talents, 28 carrying over with changed text or ranks, and 3 relocated. This page is the complete WoW Forever Warlock talents reference — every rank of every talent with its verified text and where it came from — while the Warlock talent calculator handles planning and the Changes report compares all nine classes side by side.

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Affliction

17 talents · 7 new in Forever · 9 changed from Classic · 7 Classic talents removed

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Improved Life Tap Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 2 “Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.”
Suppression Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Improves your chance to hit by 2% and reduces all threat you generate by 8%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Improves your chance to hit by 3% and reduces all threat you generate by 12%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Improves your chance to hit by 4% and reduces all threat you generate by 16%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 1 “Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 2%.”
Improved Corruption Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.8 sec and increases the damage it deals by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 1.2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 1.6 sec and increases the damage it deals by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 1 “Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec.”
Malediction Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 3%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 4%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%. Client verified	New in Forever
Soul Harvesting Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — You 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. Client verified Rank 2/2 — You 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 100% of normal speed while you are casting spells, and grants a 100% increase to your Mana regeneration. Client verified	New in Forever
Improved Drains Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 13%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%. Client verified	New in Forever
Improved Bane of Agony Passive	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 3 “Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 2%.”
Fel Concentration Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Gives you a 47% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Gives you a 70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 3 “Gives you a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling the Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spell.”
Amplify Curse Instant \| 3 min cooldown	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 3 “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.”
Pandemic Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — 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 33%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — 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 67%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — 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%. Client verified	New in Forever
Malevolence Passive	Row 4 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 3%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 4%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%. Client verified	New in Forever
Nightfall Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 2% 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%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — 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%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 4 “Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% 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%.”
Curse of Exhaustion 8% of base mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant · Requires Amplify Curse (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 5 “Reduces the target's movement speed by 10% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.”
Siphon Life 150 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 5 “Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.”
Soul Siphon Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 8% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 24%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — 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%. Client verified	New in Forever
Shadow Mastery Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 3%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 4%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 5%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Affliction, row 6 “Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.”
Wrack 200 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Channeled · Requires Siphon Life (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Tears the target apart from within, dealing 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10%. Lasts 6 sec. Client verified	New in Forever

Removed from Classic Affliction

Improved Curse of Weakness (was row 2) — Increases the effect of your Curse of Weakness by 6%.
Improved Drain Soul (was row 2) — Gives you a 50% 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 (was row 2) — Increases the Health drained by your Drain Life spell by 2%.
Grim Reach (was row 4) — Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%.
Improved Drain Mana (was row 4) — Causes 15% of the Mana drained by your Drain Mana spell to damage the opponent.
Improved Curse of Exhaustion (was row 5) — Increases the speed reduction of your Curse of Exhaustion by 5%.
Dark Pact (was row 7) — Drains 150 of your pet's Mana, returning 100% to you.

Demonology

19 talents · 7 new in Forever · 8 changed from Classic · 5 Classic talents removed

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Improved Health Funnel Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%, reduces its health cost by 15%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 50%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health. Client verified Rank 2/2 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 2 “Increases the amount of Health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 10%.”
Improved Imp Passive	Row 1 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 10% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 10%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 20% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 20%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 30% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 30%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 1 “Increases the effect of your Imp's Firebolt, Fire Shield, and Blood Pact spells by 10%.”
Demonic Embrace Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your total Stamina by 3%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases your total Stamina by 6%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases your total Stamina by 9%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases your total Stamina by 12%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases your total Stamina by 15%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 1 “Increases your total Stamina by 3% but reduces your total Spirit by 1%.”
Unholy Power Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 4 “Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter's melee attacks by 4%.”
Demonic Aegis Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%. Client verified	New in Forever
Improved Voidwalker Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 10%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 20%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%. Client verified	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 2 “Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice and Suffering spells by 10%.”
Fel Vitality Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 10%, and increases your maximum Mana by 10%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 3 “Increases the maximum Health of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 3%.”
Demonic Energies Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — You 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. Client verified Rank 2/2 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Improved Sayaad Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 10%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 10%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 20%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 20%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 30%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 30%. Client verified	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 3 “Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 10%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 10%.”
Demonic Sacrifice 100 yd range \| Instant	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 5 “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.”
Master Summoner Passive	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 4 “Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.”
Decimation Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces 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. Client verified Rank 2/2 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Fel Domination Instant \| 5 min cooldown · Requires Master Summoner (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%. Client verified	Moved from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 3 “Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.”
Demonic Brand Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Your 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 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Your Searing Pain generates 33% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 4 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal 65 to 68 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet. Client verified	New in Forever
Improved Felhunter Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — 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 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 sec. Client verified Rank 2/3 — 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 20%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 4 sec. Client verified Rank 3/3 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Soul Link 20% of base mana \| 100 yd range \| Instant · Requires Demonic Sacrifice (rank 1)	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 7 “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.”
Demonic Knowledge Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 67% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active. Client verified Rank 3/3 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Master Demonologist Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 2%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 2%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 2%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 4%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 4%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 4%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 6%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 6%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 6%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. Imp - Increases Fire damage done by 8%. Voidwalker - Reduces Physical damage taken by 8%. Succubus/Incubus - Increases Shadow damage done by 8%. Felhunter - Reduces Magic damage taken by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — 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%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Demonology, row 6 “Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active.Imp - Reduces threat caused by 4%.Voidwalker - Reduces physical damage taken by 2%.Succubus/Incubus - Increases all damage caused by 2%.Felhunter - Increases all resistances by.2 per level.”
Demonic Pact Passive · Requires Soul Link (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect. Client verified	New in Forever

Removed from Classic Demonology

Improved Healthstone (was row 1) — Increases the amount of Health restored by your Healthstone by 10%.
Fel Intellect (was row 2) — Increases the maximum Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 3%.
Improved Subjugate Demon (was row 5) — Reduces the Attack Speed and Casting Speed penalty of your Subjugate Demon spell by 2% and reduces the resist chance by 2%.
Improved Firestone (was row 5) — Increases the bonus Fire damage from Firestones and the Firestone effect by 15%.
Improved Spellstone (was row 7) — Increases the amount of damage absorbed by your Spellstone by 15%.

Destruction

16 talents · 5 new in Forever · 11 changed from Classic · 5 Classic talents removed

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Destructive Reach Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the range of your damaging spells by 10%. Client verified Rank 2/2 — Increases the range of your damaging spells by 20%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 4 “Increases the range of your Destruction spells by 10%.”
Improved Shadow Bolt Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 4% for 12 sec. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 8% for 12 sec. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 12% for 12 sec. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 16% for 12 sec. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 1 “Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage dealt to the target by 4% until 4 non-periodic damage sources are applied. Effect lasts a maximum of 12 sec.”
Bane Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.2 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.8 sec. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.3 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.2 sec. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.4 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 1.6 sec. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Immolate, and Incinerate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 2 “Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.1 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 0.4 sec.”
Molten Skin Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces all damage taken by 2%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Reduces all damage taken by 4%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Reduces all damage taken by 6%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Reduces all damage taken by 8%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Reduces all damage taken by 10%. Client verified	New in Forever
Cataclysm Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 6%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 1 “Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 1%.”
Aftermath Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 10% and your Conflagrate spell has a 20% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 20% and your Conflagrate spell has a 40% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 30% and your Conflagrate spell has a 60% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 40% and your Conflagrate spell has a 80% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 sec. Client verified Rank 5/5 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 2 “Gives your Destruction spells a 2% chance to daze the target for 5 sec.”
Ruin Passive	Row 3 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 40%. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 60%. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 80%. Client verified Rank 5/5 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 5 “Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.”
Shadowburn 105 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant \| 15 sec cooldown \| Reagents: Soul Shard	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 3 “Instantly blasts the target for 91 to 104 Shadow damage. If the target dies within 5 sec of Shadowburn, and yields experience or honor, the caster gains a Soul Shard.”
Intensity Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives you a 23% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Gives you a 47% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Gives you a 70% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 4 “Gives you a 35% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while channeling the Rain of Fire, Hellfire or Soul Fire spell.”
Agonizing Flames Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 7% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 7%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 4 “Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 2%.”
Conflagrate 100 Mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant \| 10 sec cooldown	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 7 “Ignites a target that is already afflicted by Immolate, dealing 249 to 316 Fire damage and consuming the Immolate spell.”
Pyroclasm Passive · Requires Intensity (rank 1)	Row 5 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 sec, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 sec. Client verified Rank 2/2 — 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. Client verified	Changed from Classic Classic: Destruction, row 5 “Gives your Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soul Fire spells a 13% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.”
Bane of Havoc 5% of base mana \| 30 yd range \| Instant	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Fire and Brimstone Passive · Requires Conflagrate (rank 1)	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%. Client verified Rank 2/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 17%. Client verified Rank 3/3 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%. Client verified	New in Forever
Shadow and Flame Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Hitting 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. Client verified Rank 2/5 — Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 4% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 4% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 40% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 40% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard. Client verified Rank 3/5 — Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 6% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 6% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 60% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 60% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard. Client verified Rank 4/5 — Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 8% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 8% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 80% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 80% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard. Client verified Rank 5/5 — 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. Client verified	New in Forever
Incinerate 205 Mana \| 30 yd range \| 2.5 sec cast · Requires Bane of Havoc (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate. Client verified	New in Forever

Removed from Classic Destruction

Improved Firebolt (was row 3) — Reduces the casting time of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 0.5 sec.
Improved Lash of Pain (was row 3) — Reduces the cooldown of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain spell by 3 sec.
Devastation (was row 3) — Increases the critical strike chance of your Destruction spells by 1%.
Improved Immolate (was row 5) — Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 5%.
Emberstorm (was row 6) — Increases the damage done by your Fire spells by 2%.

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