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WoW Forever vs Classic: Warlock Talents

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How do Warlock talents differ from Classic?

This Warlock snapshot lists 52 talents: 19 new, 28 changed, 3 moved, and 2 unchanged compared with the available Classic records.

These labels compare the available records. A missing Classic match does not prove a talent was removed from the game; beta values may change.

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“Talent trees and every rank's text from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70009.” — Talents Forever data export
Affliction

Improved Life Tap

Moved
Classic

Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.

Forever

Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 10%.

Affliction

Suppression

Changed
Classic

Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 2%.

Forever

Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.

Affliction

Improved Corruption

Changed
Classic

Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec.

Forever

Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4 sec and increases the damage it deals by 2%.

Affliction

Malediction

New
Classic

—

Forever

Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.

Affliction

Soul Harvesting

New
Classic

—

Forever

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.

Affliction

Improved Drains

New
Classic

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Forever

Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.

Affliction

Improved Bane of Agony

Changed
Classic

Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 2%.

Forever

Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.

Affliction

Fel Concentration

Changed
Classic

Gives you a 14% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling the Drain Life, Drain Mana, or Drain Soul spell.

Forever

Gives you a 23% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling or casting your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack spells.

Affliction

Amplify Curse

Changed
Classic

Increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Curse of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.

Forever

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.

Affliction

Pandemic

New
Classic

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Forever

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 33%.

Affliction

Malevolence

New
Classic

—

Forever

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.

Affliction

Nightfall

Changed
Classic

Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

Forever

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%.

Affliction

Curse of Exhaustion

Changed
Classic

Reduces the target's movement speed by 10% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Forever

Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.

Affliction

Siphon Life

Changed
Classic

Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

Forever

Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.

Affliction

Soul Siphon

New
Classic

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Forever

Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 4% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 12%.

Affliction

Shadow Mastery

Changed
Classic

Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%.

Forever

Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 1%.

Affliction

Wrack

New
Classic

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Forever

Tears the target apart from within, dealing 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10%. Lasts 6 sec.

Demonology

Improved Health Funnel

Changed
Classic

Increases the amount of Health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 10%.

Forever

Increases the amount of health transferred by your Health Funnel spell by 20%, reduces its health cost by 15%, and reduces all threat your Health Funnel generates by 50%. Allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.