Warlock: Demon-linked survival
Reach Soul Link and Demonic Pact while investing in the active demon and resummoning tools. The Affliction support branch offers spell and sustain choices.
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 Link needs an active demon. With Demonic Pact, summoning a different demon preserves the sacrifice effect; resummoning the sacrificed type still cancels it.
What you give up
This does not reach Wrack or Incinerate. Demon choice changes Master Demonologist’s effect, so there is no single always-on benefit to sum.
Why these core choices?
Fel Domination
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%.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Master Summoner.Soul Link
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.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Demonic Sacrifice.Demonic Knowledge
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.
Selected rank 3 of 3.Demonic Pact
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Soul Link.Complete allocation
All 20 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.
Affliction · 20 points
Improved Life Tap 2 / 2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Row 1. Read every rank →
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 →
Malediction 1 / 5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
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 →
Amplify Curse 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.
Instant | 3 min cooldown
Row 3. Read every rank →
Demonology · 31 points
Unholy Power 5 / 5
Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
Row 1. 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 →
Demonic Sacrifice 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.
100 yd range | Instant
Row 3. 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 →
Fel Domination 1 / 1 Core choice
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%.
Instant | 5 min cooldown
Row 4 · Requires maximum Master Summoner. Read every rank →
Demonic Brand 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.
Row 4. Read every rank →
Improved Felhunter 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.
Row 5. Read every rank →
Soul Link 1 / 1 Core choice
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.
20% of base mana | 100 yd range | Instant
Row 5 · Requires maximum Demonic Sacrifice. Read every rank →
Demonic Knowledge 3 / 3 Core choice
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.
Row 5. Read every rank →
Master Demonologist 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%.
Row 6. Read every rank →
Demonic Pact 1 / 1 Core choice
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Row 7 · Requires maximum Soul Link. 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.
Amplify Curse → Malediction
Move one point: Amplify Curse 1 → 0; Malediction 1 → 2.
Effect after this change
Amplify Curse: No longer selected.
Malediction: Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 2%.
Amplify Curse → Soul Harvesting
Move one point: Amplify Curse 1 → 0; Soul Harvesting 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Amplify Curse: No longer selected.
Soul Harvesting: 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.
Amplify Curse → Improved Bane of Agony
Move one point: Amplify Curse 1 → 0; Improved Bane of Agony 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Amplify Curse: No longer selected.
Improved Bane of Agony: Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
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
| Level | Add one point | New rank | Tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Demonic Embrace | 1 / 5 | Demonology |
| 11 | Demonic Embrace | 2 / 5 | Demonology |
| 12 | Demonic Embrace | 3 / 5 | Demonology |
| 13 | Demonic Embrace | 4 / 5 | Demonology |
| 14 | Demonic Embrace | 5 / 5 | Demonology |
| 15 | Unholy Power | 1 / 5 | Demonology |
| 16 | Unholy Power | 2 / 5 | Demonology |
| 17 | Unholy Power | 3 / 5 | Demonology |
| 18 | Unholy Power | 4 / 5 | Demonology |
| 19 | Unholy Power | 5 / 5 | Demonology |
| 20 | Master Summoner | 1 / 2 | Demonology |
| 21 | Master Summoner | 2 / 2 | Demonology |
| 22 | Fel Vitality | 1 / 3 | Demonology |
| 23 | Fel Vitality | 2 / 3 | Demonology |
| 24 | Fel Vitality | 3 / 3 | Demonology |
| 25 | Fel Domination | 1 / 1 | Demonology |
| 26 | Demonic Sacrifice | 1 / 1 | Demonology |
| 27 | Demonic Energies | 1 / 2 | Demonology |
| 28 | Demonic Energies | 2 / 2 | Demonology |
| 29 | Demonic Brand | 1 / 3 | Demonology |
| 30 | Soul Link | 1 / 1 | Demonology |
| 31 | Demonic Knowledge | 1 / 3 | Demonology |
| 32 | Demonic Knowledge | 2 / 3 | Demonology |
| 33 | Demonic Knowledge | 3 / 3 | Demonology |
| 34 | Demonic Brand | 2 / 3 | Demonology |
| 35 | Demonic Brand | 3 / 3 | Demonology |
| 36 | Improved Felhunter | 1 / 3 | Demonology |
| 37 | Improved Felhunter | 2 / 3 | Demonology |
| 38 | Improved Felhunter | 3 / 3 | Demonology |
| 39 | Master Demonologist | 1 / 5 | Demonology |
| 40 | Demonic Pact | 1 / 1 | Demonology |
| 41 | Suppression | 1 / 5 | Affliction |
| 42 | Suppression | 2 / 5 | Affliction |
| 43 | Suppression | 3 / 5 | Affliction |
| 44 | Suppression | 4 / 5 | Affliction |
| 45 | Suppression | 5 / 5 | Affliction |
| 46 | Improved Corruption | 1 / 5 | Affliction |
| 47 | Improved Corruption | 2 / 5 | Affliction |
| 48 | Improved Corruption | 3 / 5 | Affliction |
| 49 | Improved Corruption | 4 / 5 | Affliction |
| 50 | Improved Corruption | 5 / 5 | Affliction |
| 51 | Improved Life Tap | 1 / 2 | Affliction |
| 52 | Improved Life Tap | 2 / 2 | Affliction |
| 53 | Improved Drains | 1 / 3 | Affliction |
| 54 | Improved Drains | 2 / 3 | Affliction |
| 55 | Improved Drains | 3 / 3 | Affliction |
| 56 | Fel Concentration | 1 / 3 | Affliction |
| 57 | Fel Concentration | 2 / 3 | Affliction |
| 58 | Fel Concentration | 3 / 3 | Affliction |
| 59 | Amplify Curse | 1 / 1 | Affliction |
| 60 | Malediction | 1 / 5 | Affliction |
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