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WoW Forever Warlock leveling build: talents 10–30

Warlock Affliction: all 21 talent points from level 10 through 30, in order, without Legacy bonuses.

The short version

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Leveling talents, 10–30

Rank · 2026-10-08
  1. Lv. 10–14
    Improved CorruptionAffliction · 5/5
    ⓘ

    Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.

  2. Lv. 15–17
    SuppressionAffliction · 3/5
    ⓘ

    Improves your chance to hit by 3% and reduces all threat you generate by 12%.

  3. Lv. 18–22
    MaledictionAffliction · 5/5
    ⓘ

    Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.

  4. Lv. 23–24
    Improved Bane of AgonyAffliction · 2/2
    ⓘ

    Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.

  5. Lv. 25–26
    NightfallAffliction · 2/2
    ⓘ

    Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 4% 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%.

  6. Lv. 27–29
    PandemicAffliction · 3/3
    ⓘ

    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%.

  7. Lv. 30
    Siphon LifeAffliction · 1/1
    ⓘ

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

Solo quests · 21 baseline points. Legacy Talented points are not included. Beta effects may change.

Leveling build at a glance

Spend one point per level from 10 through 30. The illustrated route above is for solo quests and does not include extra Legacy points.

Levels
10–30
Points
21

Key talent milestones

This route strengthens damage over time up to Siphon Life at 30. The last point favors self-healing over Amplify Curse.

When to change this route

Improved Corruption makes Corruption instant by 14. On enemies that die quickly, do not apply every DoT: they will not run for their full duration.

Sources and Legacy points

The five possible extra Talented points are not included. Beta client tree 1.60.1.70170 checked on October 7 against the October 6 export; server tuning can still change effects.

Sources (5)
  1. Talents Forever — community client export, 6 October 2026, client 70170; Chris Baldwin (CC BY 4.0) ↗
  2. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 ↗
  3. Icy Veins — Warlock — Affliction (Forever, level 30) ↗
  4. Blizzard — WoW Forever Beta Development Notes, 1 October 2026 ↗
  5. Blizzard — Forever beta development notes, level cap 30 (1 October 2026) ↗

Updated

October 7 review: 21 baseline points, tiers and prerequisites checked. October 6 community export, client 70170 with October 1–2 Warrior hotfixes; this is not a DPS measurement. Legacy points remain separate.