Warlock specializationDPS

Affliction Warlock

Affliction is one of the three Warlock talent trees in WoW Forever. Its tree has 17 talents: 6 new, 7 changed and 4 moved. Forever removes 6 Classic talents from this tree. Our best-in-slot (BiS) list treats it as a DPS spec.

Class: Warlock
Talents: 17
New in Forever: 6
Abilities: 18

Affliction talents

The 17 talents of the Affliction tree in the beta, row by row. Each one opens its own page: what every rank does, its requirements and what changes from Classic.

Improved Life TapRow 1 · 2 ranksMoved
SuppressionRow 1 · 5 ranksChanged
Improved CorruptionRow 1 · 5 ranksChanged
MaledictionRow 2 · 5 ranksNew
Soul HarvestRow 2 · 2 ranksNew
Improved DrainsRow 2 · 3 ranksNew
Improved Bane of AgonyRow 3 · 2 ranksChanged
Fel ConcentrationRow 3 · 3 ranksChanged
Amplify CurseRow 3 · 1 rankChanged
PandemicRow 3 · 3 ranksNew
MalevolenceRow 4 · 5 ranksNew
NightfallRow 4 · 2 ranksChanged
Curse of ExhaustionRow 4 · 1 rankMoved
Siphon LifeRow 5 · 1 rankChanged
Soul SiphonRow 5 · 3 ranksMoved
Shadow MasteryRow 6 · 5 ranksMoved
WrackRow 7 · 1 rankNew

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What changes in Forever

What is new and changed for Affliction compared with Classic Era: our change list, its talent tree and its abilities.

In our change list

TCHANGEDTalent

Soul Harvest (formerly Soul Harvesting)

· Affliction

Forever

Renamed from Soul Harvesting to Soul Harvest, and it now correctly grants its 50/100% increase to Mana regeneration.

Auto-updated from official notes on October 1, 2026Official note ↗

Build 1.60.1.70170

Class-wide changes

They affect every Warlock, whatever tree they play:

New talents

Malediction
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
Soul Harvest
Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 100% for 10 sec and allows 100% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Improved Drains
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
Pandemic
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%.
Malevolence
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Wrack
Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.

Changed or moved talents

Improved Life TapChanges: position.
SuppressionChanges: text, numbers.
Improved CorruptionChanges: text, numbers.
Improved Bane of AgonyChanges: ranks, text, numbers, name.
Fel ConcentrationChanges: ranks, text, numbers.
Amplify CurseChanges: text.
NightfallChanges: text, numbers.
Curse of ExhaustionChanges: position, text, numbers.
Siphon LifeChanges: text, numbers.
Soul SiphonChanges: position, ranks, text, numbers, name.
Shadow MasteryChanges: position, text, numbers.

Removed talents

New abilities

Wrack

Changed abilities

CorruptionChanges: tooltip.
Curse of WeaknessChanges: tooltip.
Life TapChanges: tooltip.
Bane of AgonyChanges: tooltip, name.
Drain SoulChanges: tooltip.
Curse of RecklessnessChanges: tooltip.
Drain LifeChanges: tooltip.
Amplify CurseChanges: tooltip.
Curse of the ElementsChanges: ranks, level, cost, tooltip.
Curse of ExhaustionChanges: level, tooltip.
Curse of TonguesChanges: tooltip.
Siphon LifeChanges: tooltip.
Death CoilChanges: cost, tooltip.
Bane of DoomChanges: tooltip, name.

Removed abilities

Affliction abilities

The 18 abilities the beta spellbook groups under Affliction, by the level they are learned at. Each one opens its own page with its ranks, cost and changes.

See Affliction in the spellbook →

Affliction best-in-slot (BiS) gear

The site’s suggestion, not an official list: we score the beta items with our stat weights for each level. The beta is capped at level 30.

Full list by levelLevel 20 Level 30beta Level 40 Level 50 Level 60

Top picks at level 60

Main hand
1. Wraith Bladeitem level 83 · Drops from Maexxna · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. Brimstone Staffitem level 83 · Two-Hand · Drops from Loatheb · Naxxramas (Classic data)
Head
1. Plagueheart Circletitem level 88 · Quest: Plagueheart Circlet · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. Doomcaller's Circletitem level 81 · Quest: Doomcaller's Circlet · Ahn'Qiraj (Classic data)
Chest
1. Plagueheart Robeitem level 92 · Quest: Plagueheart Robe · Naxxramas (Classic data)
2. Crystal Webbed Robeitem level 85 · Drops from Maexxna · Naxxramas (Classic data)

The two highest-scoring pieces in three slots. It is a forecast: until the beta reaches 60, items and their sources may change.

Full Affliction list at level 60 →

Why these weights

Affliction is DoTs and drains: DoTs scale with spell power; crit is worth little and hit a lot (a missed DoT is a whole cycle lost). Stamina is worth more than for other casters because Life Tap turns health into mana. Wanding targets down is real damage while levelling.