Warlock specializationDPS

Demonology Warlock

Demonology is one of the three Warlock talent trees in WoW Forever. Its tree has 19 talents: 7 new, 4 changed, 6 moved and 2 same as in Classic. Forever removes 5 Classic talents from this tree. Our best-in-slot (BiS) list treats it as a DPS spec.

Class: Warlock
Talents: 19
New in Forever: 7
Abilities: 26

Demonology talents

The 19 talents of the Demonology tree in the beta, row by row. Each one opens its own page: what every rank does, its requirements and what changes from Classic.

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What changes in Forever

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

In our change list

Our change list has nothing specific to Demonology yet. What the beta client changes in its tree and its abilities is right below.

Class-wide changes

They affect every Warlock, whatever tree they play:

New talents

Demonic Aegis
Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
Demonic Energies
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.
Decimation
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.
Demonic Brand
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 Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.
Improved Felhunter
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.
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.
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.

Changed or moved talents

Improved Health FunnelChanges: position, text, numbers.
Improved ImpChanges: text, numbers.
Demonic EmbraceChanges: text, numbers.
Unholy PowerChanges: position, text, numbers.
Fel VitalityChanges: ranks, text, numbers, name, icon.
Demonic SacrificeChanges: position, text, numbers.
Master SummonerChanges: position.
Fel DominationChanges: position.
Soul LinkChanges: position, text.
Master DemonologistChanges: text, numbers.

Removed talents

New abilities

Portal of Summoning

Changed abilities

Demon SkinChanges: tooltip.
Create HealthstoneChanges: tooltip, name.
Health FunnelChanges: tooltip.
Create SoulstoneChanges: name.
Demon ArmorChanges: tooltip.
Demonic SacrificeChanges: level, tooltip.
Fel DominationChanges: level, cooldown.
Detect InvisibilityChanges: name.
Create FirestoneChanges: tooltip, name.
Soul LinkChanges: level, tooltip.
Create SpellstoneChanges: tooltip.

Demonology abilities

The 26 abilities the beta spellbook groups under Demonology, by the level they are learned at. Each one opens its own page with its ranks, cost and changes.

See Demonology in the spellbook →

Demonology 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 Demonology list at level 60 →

Why these weights

Demonology raises stamina by 15% with Demonic Embrace and lives off Life Tap, so stamina is the secondary stat. Generic spell power above specific schools because it mixes shadow (Corruption, Shadow Bolt) and fire (Immolate).