Warlock
Ranged
A deep power you studied until it was yours.
Checked against build 1.60.1.70840 · Nov 7, 2026
Specs
Three trees. Each page has PvE and PvP: spells, stats, gear and a build for the planner.
Leveling
Affliction to the cap. Two DoTs and a Voidwalker is the lowest-risk solo road in the game, and Life Tap on Spirit means the gear you quest into feeds it.
The opener
Send the Voidwalker, Bane of Agony, Corruption, then wand or Shadow Bolt. Drain Life if it gets through to you.
- 01 Value Spirit on gear now; it is mana through Life Tap.
- 02 Do the demon quests the level they open. Each demon is a different answer to the next zone.
- 03 Healthstones and Soulstones are for the group. Hand them out before the first pull.
What Blizzard changed
Broader ways to manage power and tie spells, pets and tools together, while the warlock stays weak in body and strong through the demon.
- Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom are Banes, one per warlock per target, so a Curse and a Bane can share a target.
- Life Tap scales with Spirit. Drain Soul's shard chance climbs each tick until it is certain.
- Firestone and Spellstone are weapon imbues that stack with Wizard Oil. Demons scale from your stats.
- Affliction: Wrack as the capstone, Grim Reach for range, Soul Harvest for mana, Shadow Mastery doubled.
- Demonology: Soul Link at 21 points and Demonic Pact as the capstone, so Sacrifice and a summoned demon work together.
- Destruction: Conflagrate at 16 points, Bane of Havoc at 21, Incinerate as the capstone.
- Trolls can be warlocks now.
From Blizzard Class deep dive: Rogue and Warlock ExternalDevelopment notes External
Changes this month
What the game's updates and hotfixes changed for Warlocks in the last 30 days.
- Wrack Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text
- Shadow and Flame Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text
- Wrack (Rank 1) Changed in the Nov 3 update: new tooltip text
Professions
Warlocks wear cloth. Tailoring makes it and nothing feeds it.
Races and racials
5 races can roll a Warlock. What each one brings to the class.
Alliance · 2
Human
Alliance
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Ruthless Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 1%. -
The Human Spirit Spirit increased by 10%. -
Perception Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec. -
Will to SurviveNew Instantly removes all Stun effects.
Gnome
Alliance
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Escape Artist Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec. -
Expansive Mind Maximum Mana increased by 5%. -
Engineering Specialization Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%. -
Eureka!New Your non-periodic damaging abilities have their Mana cost reduced by 10% and deal 10% more damage for 8 sec.
Horde · 3
Orc
Horde
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Blood Fury Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec. -
Hardiness Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%. -
Command Damage dealt by Hunter and Warlock pets increased by 5%. -
Shatter CurseNew Instantly removes all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 5% for 8 sec.
Undead
Horde
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Underwater Breathing Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal. -
Will of the Forsaken Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects. -
Cannibalize When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect. -
Touch of the GraveNew Your spells and attacks have a 30% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.
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Berserking Increases your spellcasting and attack speed by 10% for 15 sec. -
Regeneration Health regeneration rate increased by 20%. In addition, 20% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat. -
Beast Slaying Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%. -
Rapid RegenerationNew Regenerate 50% of your maximum Health over 6 sec. Any movement, action, or damage taken will cancel the effect.
Plan
Open the planner with this class, or let the quiz pick a tree.
Client build 1.60.1.70840 · Nov 7, 2026