Warlock: Fire and shadow interaction
Link Conflagrate, Shadowburn and Shadow and Flame before reaching Incinerate. The Affliction branch offers a separate damage-over-time investment.
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
Incinerate’s extra damage needs Immolate. Shadow and Flame changes the Immolate-consumption behavior of Conflagrate at its selected rank.
What you give up
This replaces the deep pet and drain packages. Bane of Havoc has a target restriction and should not be interpreted as unconditional extra single-target damage.
Why these core choices?
Shadowburn
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.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Conflagrate
Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
Selected rank 1 of 1.Shadow and Flame
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.
Selected rank 5 of 5.Incinerate
Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
Selected rank 1 of 1. Requires Bane of Havoc.Complete allocation
All 15 selected talents are listed below. Expand any talent to see the exact supplied description at the rank used by this plan.
Affliction · 19 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 5 / 5
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Improved Bane of Agony 2 / 2
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Row 3. Read every rank →
Destruction · 32 points
Improved Shadow Bolt 5 / 5
Your Shadow Bolt critical strikes increase Shadow damage taken by the target from your attacks by 20% for 12 sec.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Bane 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.
Row 1. Read every rank →
Aftermath 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.
Row 2. Read every rank →
Ruin 5 / 5
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 100%.
Row 3. Read every rank →
Shadowburn 1 / 1 Core choice
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.
105 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant | 15 sec cooldown | Reagents: Soul Shard
Row 3. Read every rank →
Conflagrate 1 / 1 Core choice
Ignites a target that is already afflicted by your Immolate spell, dealing 88 to 110 Fire damage and consuming your Immolate effect.
100 Mana | 30 yd range | Instant | 10 sec cooldown
Row 4. Read every rank →
Bane of Havoc 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.
5% of base mana | 30 yd range | Instant
Row 5. Read every rank →
Shadow and Flame 5 / 5 Core choice
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.
Row 6. Read every rank →
Incinerate 1 / 1 Core choice
Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.
205 Mana | 30 yd range | 2.5 sec cast
Row 7 · Requires maximum Bane of Havoc. 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.
Ruin → Nightfall
Move one point: Ruin 5 → 4; Nightfall 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Ruin: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 80%.
Nightfall: 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%.
Ruin → Soul Harvesting
Move one point: Ruin 5 → 4; Soul Harvesting 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Ruin: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 80%.
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.
Ruin → Improved Drains
Move one point: Ruin 5 → 4; Improved Drains 0 → 1.
Effect after this change
Ruin: Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 80%.
Improved Drains: Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.
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 | Bane | 1 / 5 | Destruction |
| 11 | Bane | 2 / 5 | Destruction |
| 12 | Bane | 3 / 5 | Destruction |
| 13 | Bane | 4 / 5 | Destruction |
| 14 | Bane | 5 / 5 | Destruction |
| 15 | Improved Shadow Bolt | 1 / 5 | Destruction |
| 16 | Improved Shadow Bolt | 2 / 5 | Destruction |
| 17 | Improved Shadow Bolt | 3 / 5 | Destruction |
| 18 | Improved Shadow Bolt | 4 / 5 | Destruction |
| 19 | Improved Shadow Bolt | 5 / 5 | Destruction |
| 20 | Shadowburn | 1 / 1 | Destruction |
| 21 | Cataclysm | 1 / 3 | Destruction |
| 22 | Cataclysm | 2 / 3 | Destruction |
| 23 | Cataclysm | 3 / 3 | Destruction |
| 24 | Aftermath | 1 / 5 | Destruction |
| 25 | Conflagrate | 1 / 1 | Destruction |
| 26 | Aftermath | 2 / 5 | Destruction |
| 27 | Aftermath | 3 / 5 | Destruction |
| 28 | Aftermath | 4 / 5 | Destruction |
| 29 | Aftermath | 5 / 5 | Destruction |
| 30 | Ruin | 1 / 5 | Destruction |
| 31 | Ruin | 2 / 5 | Destruction |
| 32 | Ruin | 3 / 5 | Destruction |
| 33 | Ruin | 4 / 5 | Destruction |
| 34 | Ruin | 5 / 5 | Destruction |
| 35 | Shadow and Flame | 1 / 5 | Destruction |
| 36 | Shadow and Flame | 2 / 5 | Destruction |
| 37 | Shadow and Flame | 3 / 5 | Destruction |
| 38 | Shadow and Flame | 4 / 5 | Destruction |
| 39 | Shadow and Flame | 5 / 5 | Destruction |
| 40 | Bane of Havoc | 1 / 1 | Destruction |
| 41 | Incinerate | 1 / 1 | Destruction |
| 42 | Suppression | 1 / 5 | Affliction |
| 43 | Suppression | 2 / 5 | Affliction |
| 44 | Suppression | 3 / 5 | Affliction |
| 45 | Suppression | 4 / 5 | Affliction |
| 46 | Suppression | 5 / 5 | Affliction |
| 47 | Improved Corruption | 1 / 5 | Affliction |
| 48 | Improved Corruption | 2 / 5 | Affliction |
| 49 | Improved Corruption | 3 / 5 | Affliction |
| 50 | Improved Corruption | 4 / 5 | Affliction |
| 51 | Improved Corruption | 5 / 5 | Affliction |
| 52 | Improved Life Tap | 1 / 2 | Affliction |
| 53 | Improved Life Tap | 2 / 2 | Affliction |
| 54 | Malediction | 1 / 5 | Affliction |
| 55 | Malediction | 2 / 5 | Affliction |
| 56 | Malediction | 3 / 5 | Affliction |
| 57 | Malediction | 4 / 5 | Affliction |
| 58 | Malediction | 5 / 5 | Affliction |
| 59 | Improved Bane of Agony | 1 / 2 | Affliction |
| 60 | Improved Bane of Agony | 2 / 2 | Affliction |
Compare other Warlock plans
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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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