WoW Forever Warlock guide, levels 20 to 30: spells, talents and class quests

This guide picks up where Warlock levels 1 to 20 ends and runs to level 30, the beta's level cap. Demon trainers sell grimoires that teach your demons additional abilities and ranks. Your own spells come from class trainers or class quests.

Which spells does a Warlock learn after level 20?

What does each new spell do?

  • Soothing Kiss: Soothes the target, increasing the chance that it will attack something else.

  • Drain Mana: Transfers 44 Mana every 1 sec from the target to the caster. Lasts 5 seconds.

  • Suffering: Taunts all enemies within 10 yards, increasing the chance that they will attack the Voidwalker.

  • Curse of Tongues: Forces the target to speak in Demonic, increasing the casting time of all spells by 50%. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target. Lasts 30 seconds.

  • Seduction: Seduces the target, preventing all actions for up to 15 seconds. Any damage caused will remove the effect. Only works against Humanoids.

  • Banish: Banishes the enemy target, preventing all action but making it invulnerable for up to 20 seconds. Only one target can be banished at a time. Only works on Demons and Elementals.

  • Create Firestone: Creates a Lesser Firestone which can be used to enchant your weapon with Fire, increasing your spell critical strike chance by 1% and the damage done by your Fire spells by up to 10.

    Conjured items disappear if logged out for more than 15 minutes.

  • Subjugate Demon: Subjugates the target demon, up to level 45, forcing it to do your bidding. While subjugated, the time between the demon's attacks is increased by 40% and its casting speed is slowed by 30%. Lasts up to 5 minutes. If you repeatedly subjugate the same demon, it will become more difficult to control with each attempt.

  • Summon Felhunter: Summons a Felhunter under the command of the Warlock.

  • Devour Magic: Purges 1 harmful magic effect from a friend or 1 beneficial magic effect from an enemy. If an effect is devoured, the Felhunter will be healed for 258.

  • Hellfire: Ignites the area around you, damaging you and nearby enemies while you channel it.

Which talents can you choose between levels 20 and 30?

You get one talent point at every level from level 10. Each row after the first requires five more points spent in earlier rows of the same tree. By level 30, you can reach the fifth row by spending twenty points in its earlier rows. The effects below are for each talent's first rank; Warlock levels 1 to 20 lists the first row.

  • Affliction

    • Malediction (max 5): Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
    • Soul Harvest (max 2): Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 50% for 10 seconds and allows 50% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
    • Improved Drains (max 3): Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 7%.
    • Improved Bane of Agony (max 2): Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
    • Fel Concentration (max 3): 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.
    • Amplify Curse (max 1): 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 seconds.
    • Pandemic (max 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 33%.
    • Malevolence (max 5): Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.
    • Nightfall (max 2): 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%.
    • Curse of Exhaustion (max 1): Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 seconds. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
    • Siphon Life (max 1): Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 seconds.
    • Soul Siphon (max 3): 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%.

  • Demonology

    • Demonic Aegis (max 2): Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.
    • Improved Voidwalker (max 3): Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice, and Suffering spells by 10%.
    • Fel Vitality (max 3): Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 5%, and increases your maximum Mana by 5%.
    • Demonic Energies (max 2): You heal your pet for 8% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 50% of the Mana you gain.
    • Improved Sayaad (max 3): Increases the effect of your Succubus' and Incubus' Lash of Pain and Soothing Kiss spells by 10%, and increases the duration of your Succubus' and Incubus' Seduction and Lesser Invisibility spells by 10%.
    • Demonic Sacrifice (max 1): When activated, sacrifices your summoned Demon to enhance the opposing aspect of your power, granting you an effect that lasts 2 hours. The effect is canceled if any Demon is summoned.

    Imp: Increases your Shadow damage by 15%.

    Voidwalker: Restores 2% of your total Mana every 4 sec.

    Succubus/Incubus: Increases your Fire damage by 15%.

    Felhunter: Restores 3% of your total Health every 4 sec.

    • Master Summoner (max 2): Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 2 sec and the Mana cost by 20%.
    • Decimation (max 2): Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 3% increased damage, and for the next 10 seconds your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 20% and costs no Soul Shards.
    • Fel Domination (max 1): Your next Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Summon spell has its casting time reduced by 5.5 sec and its Mana cost reduced by 50%.
    • Demonic Brand (max 3)
    • Improved Felhunter (max 3): 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 10%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 sec.
    • Soul Link (max 1): When active, 30% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, or Felhunter Demon instead. In addition, both the Demon and the master will inflict 3% more damage. Lasts as long as the Demon is active.
    • Demonic Knowledge (max 3): Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.

  • Destruction

    • Molten Skin (max 5): Reduces all damage taken by 2%.
    • Cataclysm (max 3): Reduces the Mana cost of your Destruction spells by 3%.
    • Aftermath (max 5): Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by 10% and your Conflagrate spell has a 20% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds.
    • Ruin (max 5): Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells by 20%.
    • Shadowburn (max 1)
    • Intensity (max 3): Gives you a 23% chance to resist interruption caused by damage while casting or channeling any Destruction spell.
    • Agonizing Flames (max 3): Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 3% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 3%.
    • Conflagrate (max 1)
    • Pyroclasm (max 2): Gives your Soul Fire spell a 13% chance to Stun the target for 3 seconds, and your Rain of Fire and Hellfire spells a 13% chance over their duration to Stun targets they damage for 3 seconds.
    • Bane of Havoc (max 1): Afflicts the target for 5 minutes, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
    • Fire and Brimstone (max 3): Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.

Which Warlock class quests can you take from level 20 to 30?

Only a Warlock can take these quests. Each line names the quest and its level, and the side when only one side offers that quest name. Open a quest for its giver, steps and rewards.

What do you plan next as a Warlock?

Spend your points in the Warlock talent planner and check every rank in the Warlock spellbook.

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