WoW Forever Warlock: Banes, Wrack, Incinerate and new talents
Every Warlock change in the WoW Forever beta: Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom, Portal of Summoning, Wrack, Demonic Pact, Incinerate and the new talents.
WoW Forever turns the Warlock's Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom into Banes and gives each tree a new 31-point talent: Wrack, Demonic Pact and Incinerate. Trolls can now be Warlocks, one of the six new race and class combinations, alongside Orcs, Undead, Humans and Gnomes. Blizzard's Deep Dive detailed only the Paladin, so this guide reads the beta client (build 1.60.1.70009) and Blizzard's September 24 beta notes.
Banes, and what every Warlock gets
Bane of Agony (level 8) is Curse of Agony renamed, same spells: 72 Shadow damage over 24 sec at rank 1, 552 at rank 6 (level 58). Going by the tooltips, the one-Bane and one-Curse limits are separate, so a Bane and a Curse can share a target.
Bane of Doom (level 60) replaces Curse of Doom the same way: 1,742 Shadow damage after 1 min, a 1-minute cooldown and a chance of a Doomguard if the target dies; not on players.
Portal of Summoning (level 60) is new: a channeled ritual, done with 2 group members, whose portal summons a targeted party or raid member; 2-minute cooldown.
Life Tap converts Health into as much Mana. Blizzard's September 24 notes fixed its tooltip, which now shows the right amount and says only that it scales with Spirit.
Sacrifice, the Voidwalker's shield, now scales correctly with 10% of your spell healing, the notes add.
A known issue in this build: Banes and Curses don't track properly after you drop and re-acquire a target.
Affliction: Wrack and stronger drains
Malediction (5 points in the tree, 5 ranks): 5% more periodic damage from your Warlock spells.
Soul Harvesting (5 points in the tree, 2 ranks): A kill under your Drain Soul grants 10 sec of full Mana regeneration while casting, plus 100% more regeneration.
Improved Drains (5 points in the tree, 3 ranks): Drain Life, Drain Soul and Wrack deal or drain 20% more.
Pandemic (10 points in the tree, 3 ranks): Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life and Wrack get a 100% larger critical strike bonus.
Malevolence (15 points in the tree, 5 ranks): 5% more critical effect chance for your Shadow spells.
Soul Siphon (20 points in the tree, 3 ranks): Drain Life, Drain Soul and Wrack deal or drain 12% more per other Affliction effect on the target, up to 36%. Improved Drain Life, renamed (same spell).
Wrack (30 points in the tree, 1 rank): 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec for 6 sec, and 10% more damage taken from your other Shadow damage over time effects. Requires Siphon Life; the drain talents, Nightfall and Fel Concentration apply to it.
Curse of Exhaustion is the 16-point talent (20 points in Classic Era). Improved Curse of Agony becomes Improved Bane of Agony (same spell, 2 ranks instead of 3).
Demonology: Demonic Pact and pets that hold threat
Demonic Aegis (5 points in the tree, 2 ranks): Demon Skin and Demon Armor are 30% more effective.
Fel Vitality (5 points in the tree, 3 ranks): 15% more maximum health and Mana for your demons, and 15% more maximum Mana for you. Fel Intellect, renamed (same spell), 3 ranks instead of 5.
Demonic Energies (5 points in the tree, 2 ranks): You heal your pet for 15% of your spell damage, and it gets 100% of the Mana your Life Tap gives you.
Decimation (15 points in the tree, 2 ranks): Soul Fire's cooldown is 90% shorter. Shadow Bolt and Searing Pain deal 6% more below 35% health and, for 10 sec, cut Soul Fire's cast time by 40% and its Soul Shard cost to zero.
Demonic Brand (15 points in the tree, 3 ranks): Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec; your pet's next 6 attacks on it generate high threat and deal extra Fire or Shadow damage that grows with your level and spell damage. Read in the client's tables: our planner doesn't show it yet.
Improved Felhunter (20 points in the tree, 3 ranks): Tainted Blood, Devour Magic and Paranoia are 30% stronger, and Spell Lock's cooldown is 6 sec shorter.
Demonic Knowledge (20 points in the tree, 3 ranks): While a demon is out, you and it gain spell damage equal to up to 100% of your level.
Demonic Pact (30 points in the tree, 1 rank): Summoning a different demon no longer cancels your 2-hour Demonic Sacrifice effect; resummoning the sacrificed one still does.
Fel Domination is the 16-point talent (10 points in Classic Era). Demonic Sacrifice and Master Summoner move up to 10 points, and Soul Link from the 31-point row to 20.
Destruction: Conflagrate at 16 points, Incinerate at 31
Molten Skin (5 points in the tree, 5 ranks): Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
Agonizing Flames (15 points in the tree, 3 ranks): Searing Pain gains 10% critical strike chance and Destruction spells 10% damage. Improved Searing Pain, renamed (same spell), 3 ranks instead of 5.
Bane of Havoc (20 points in the tree, 1 rank): For 5 min, the target also takes 15% of the damage you deal to other targets; one target at a time, and it takes your Bane slot.
Fire and Brimstone (20 points in the tree, 3 ranks): 25% more critical strike chance for Conflagrate, which it requires.
Shadow and Flame (25 points in the tree, 5 ranks): Conflagrate hits raise your Shadow damage and Shadowburn hits your Fire damage by 10% for 20 sec; Conflagrate also never consumes Immolate, and Shadowburn always refunds a Soul Shard.
Incinerate (30 points in the tree, 1 rank): 90 to 104 Fire damage, 25% more on a target afflicted by Immolate; requires Bane of Havoc.
Conflagrate, the old 31-point talent, is now the 16-point one, with five more trainer ranks up to level 60 (251 to 313 Fire damage, 10-second cooldown). Ruin moves from 20 to 10 points with 5 ranks, and Shadowburn stays at 10. Bane, the top-row talent, is not a Bane: it shortens casts.
What leaves the trees
Affliction: Dark Pact, the old 31-point talent, plus Improved Drain Soul, Improved Drain Mana, Improved Curse of Weakness, Improved Curse of Exhaustion and Grim Reach.
Demonology: Improved Healthstone, Improved Firestone, Improved Spellstone, Improved Subjugate Demon and Fel Stamina; the stones themselves stay in the spell list.
Destruction: Devastation, Improved Immolate, Emberstorm, Improved Firebolt and Improved Lash of Pain.
TagsWoW Forever WarlockWarlock talentsBane of AgonyIncinerateTroll Warlock
Frequently asked questions
01What's new for Warlocks in WoW Forever?
Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom become Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom, Portal of Summoning arrives at level 60, and each tree gets new talents and a new 31-point talent: Wrack, Demonic Pact and Incinerate.
02Can Trolls be Warlocks in WoW Forever?
Yes. Troll Warlock is one of the six new race and class combinations in WoW Forever, so Warlocks can be Orcs, Undead, Trolls, Humans or Gnomes.
03What are Banes in WoW Forever?
Banes are WoW Forever Warlock spells: Bane of Agony at level 8 and Bane of Doom at level 60, the renamed Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom, plus the Destruction talent Bane of Havoc. Only one Bane per Warlock can be active on a target.
04What are the Warlock's 16- and 31-point talents in WoW Forever?
In the WoW Forever beta client, Affliction has Curse of Exhaustion and Wrack, Demonology has Fel Domination and Demonic Pact, and Destruction has Conflagrate and Incinerate.
05Is Conflagrate still the Warlock's 31-point talent in WoW Forever?
No. In the WoW Forever beta, Conflagrate is the Destruction tree's 16-point talent, with five more ranks from the trainer, and Incinerate takes the 31-point row.
The WoW Forever beta goes to level 30 after the October 1 maintenance: dungeons up to City of Dalaran, Legacy points from 25, new spells and level 30 crafted helms.
The Forever Open is a $100,000 duel tournament on the WoW Forever beta: level 30 Horde characters, PvP ruleset, registration until October 4, finals on October 18.
WoW Forever adds 14 reputations, from the Kirin Tor and the Earthen Ring to The Watchers and Powderfuse: each faction's side, starting standing and rewards, from the beta client.
