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Warlock · Leveling · SEPTEMBER 26 BETA

Warlock: Damage-over-time and drains

Pair damage-over-time effects with drains and Siphon Life, then reach Wrack. Demonology supports keeping a demon alongside this questing plan.

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Editorial planning guide, grounded in the supplied beta talent descriptions. The allocation and point order have been checked for legal ranks and prerequisites. Combat performance has not been simulated or game-tested.

When to use this plan

Soul Siphon scales with the listed Affliction effects on the target and has a cap. Soul Harvesting needs its kill condition.

What you give up

The plan does not reach Soul Link or Incinerate. Its sustain-oriented choices do not establish a fastest-leveling claim.

Why these core choices?

Nightfall

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%.

Selected rank 2 of 2.

Siphon Life

Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

Selected rank 1 of 1.

Soul Siphon

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%.

Selected rank 3 of 3.

Wrack

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.

Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Siphon Life.

Complete allocation

All 17 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.

Affliction · 31 points

Suppression 5 / 5

Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Improved Corruption 5 / 5

Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Soul Harvesting 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.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Improved Drains 3 / 3

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

Row 2. Read every rank →

Fel Concentration 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.

Row 3. Read every rank →

Pandemic 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%.

Row 3. Read every rank →

Malevolence 3 / 5

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 3%.

Row 4. Read every rank →

Nightfall 2 / 2 Core choice

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%.

Row 4. Read every rank →

Siphon Life 1 / 1 Core choice

Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

150 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant

Row 5. Read every rank →

Soul Siphon 3 / 3 Core choice

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%.

Row 5. Read every rank →

Wrack 1 / 1 Core choice

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.

200 Mana | 30 yd range | Channeled

Row 7 · Requires maximum Siphon Life. Read every rank →

Demonology · 20 points

Demonic Embrace 5 / 5

Increases your total Stamina by 15%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Unholy Power 5 / 5

Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.

Row 1. Read every rank →

Improved Voidwalker 3 / 3

Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 30%.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Fel Vitality 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%.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Demonic Energies 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.

Row 2. Read every rank →

Master Summoner 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%.

Row 3. Read every rank →

Three valid adjustments

Each option below is a separate one-point change to the original plan. It preserves the point budget, row gates and prerequisites. Choose an effect you need; the options are not a damage ranking and should not be applied together without rechecking.

Master Summoner → Improved Health Funnel

Move one point: Master Summoner 2 → 1; Improved Health Funnel 0 → 1.

Effect after this change

Master Summoner: Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.

Improved Health Funnel: 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.

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Master Summoner → Improved Imp

Move one point: Master Summoner 2 → 1; Improved Imp 0 → 1.

Effect after this change

Master Summoner: Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.

Improved Imp: Increases the damage of your Imp's Firebolt spell by 10% and the effect of its Fire Shield spell by 10%.

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Master Summoner → Demonic Aegis

Move one point: Master Summoner 2 → 1; Demonic Aegis 0 → 1.

Effect after this change

Master Summoner: Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.

Demonic Aegis: Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.

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Level-by-level point order

This route reaches the complete allocation without a respec. It follows this guide’s core choices and prerequisites, rather than claiming an optimal speed-leveling route. Talented changes the level when each point becomes available, not the 51-point limit.

First point at level 10; all 51 points at level 60.

Use a Talented rank your character has actually unlocked in the Legacy system. This control models its point timing, not the rest of your Legacy allocation.

Show all 51 steps
LevelAdd one pointNew rankTree
10Improved Corruption1 / 5Affliction
11Improved Corruption2 / 5Affliction
12Improved Corruption3 / 5Affliction
13Improved Corruption4 / 5Affliction
14Improved Corruption5 / 5Affliction
15Suppression1 / 5Affliction
16Suppression2 / 5Affliction
17Suppression3 / 5Affliction
18Suppression4 / 5Affliction
19Suppression5 / 5Affliction
20Soul Harvesting1 / 2Affliction
21Soul Harvesting2 / 2Affliction
22Improved Drains1 / 3Affliction
23Improved Drains2 / 3Affliction
24Improved Drains3 / 3Affliction
25Nightfall1 / 2Affliction
26Nightfall2 / 2Affliction
27Fel Concentration1 / 3Affliction
28Fel Concentration2 / 3Affliction
29Fel Concentration3 / 3Affliction
30Siphon Life1 / 1Affliction
31Soul Siphon1 / 3Affliction
32Soul Siphon2 / 3Affliction
33Soul Siphon3 / 3Affliction
34Pandemic1 / 3Affliction
35Pandemic2 / 3Affliction
36Pandemic3 / 3Affliction
37Malevolence1 / 5Affliction
38Malevolence2 / 5Affliction
39Malevolence3 / 5Affliction
40Wrack1 / 1Affliction
41Demonic Embrace1 / 5Demonology
42Demonic Embrace2 / 5Demonology
43Demonic Embrace3 / 5Demonology
44Demonic Embrace4 / 5Demonology
45Demonic Embrace5 / 5Demonology
46Unholy Power1 / 5Demonology
47Unholy Power2 / 5Demonology
48Unholy Power3 / 5Demonology
49Unholy Power4 / 5Demonology
50Unholy Power5 / 5Demonology
51Fel Vitality1 / 3Demonology
52Fel Vitality2 / 3Demonology
53Fel Vitality3 / 3Demonology
54Improved Voidwalker1 / 3Demonology
55Improved Voidwalker2 / 3Demonology
56Improved Voidwalker3 / 3Demonology
57Demonic Energies1 / 2Demonology
58Demonic Energies2 / 2Demonology
59Master Summoner1 / 2Demonology
60Master Summoner2 / 2Demonology

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