WoW Forever Affliction Warlock Leveling Build & Talents
Affliction Warlock drain life leveling talents: 39/12/0 in Affliction / Demonology / Destruction, from Maxroll (updated 2026-11-03) and checked against the live talent trees on . Press Play order to watch it level from 10 to 60, or click talents to make it your own.
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Based on Maxroll leveling guides, checked against the trees on this page.
Leveling order: level 60 · Master Summoner
The number on each talent is the level you put your first point into it.
- Build
- 39 / 12 / 0
- Points left
- 0
- Required level
- 60
Affliction Warlock drain life leveling talents
39/12/0 by tree, each talent at the rank this build takes. Source: Maxroll, updated .
Affliction
Improved Life Tap2/2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.
Suppression5/5
Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.
Improved Corruption5/5
Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 2 sec and increases the damage it deals by 10%.
Improved Drains3/3
Increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Drain Mana spells by 20%.
Improved Bane of Agony2/2
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Fel Concentration3/3
Gives your Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells a 70% chance to not lose casting time when you take damage.
Pandemic3/3
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%.
Malevolence5/5
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Nightfall2/2
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%.
Siphon Life1/1
Transfers 11 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
Soul Siphon3/3
Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 12% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 36%.
Shadow Mastery5/5
Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 10%.
Demonology
Unholy Power5/5
Increases all damage done by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter pets by 10%.
Fel Vitality3/3
Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.
Demonic Energies2/2
You heal your pet for 15% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 100% of the Mana you gain.
Master Summoner2/2
Reduces the casting time of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter Summoning spells by 4 sec and the Mana cost by 40%.
Talent order by level
- 10 Improved Corruption
- 11 Improved Corruption
- 12 Improved Corruption
- 13 Improved Corruption
- 14 Improved Corruption
- 15 Suppression
- 16 Suppression
- 17 Suppression
- 18 Suppression
- 19 Unholy Power
- 20 Unholy Power
- 21 Unholy Power
- 22 Unholy Power
- 23 Unholy Power
- 24 Demonic Energies
- 25 Demonic Energies
- 26 Improved Life Tap
- 27 Improved Life Tap
- 28 Improved Drains
- 29 Improved Drains
- 30 Improved Drains
- 31 Fel Concentration
- 32 Fel Concentration
- 33 Fel Concentration
- 34 Pandemic
- 35 Pandemic
- 36 Pandemic
- 37 Soul Siphon
- 38 Soul Siphon
- 39 Soul Siphon
- 40 Siphon Life
- 41 Malevolence
- 42 Malevolence
- 43 Malevolence
- 44 Malevolence
- 45 Malevolence
- 46 Improved Bane of Agony
- 47 Improved Bane of Agony
- 48 Nightfall
- 49 Nightfall
- 50 Suppression
- 51 Fel Vitality
- 52 Fel Vitality
- 53 Fel Vitality
- 54 Shadow Mastery
- 55 Shadow Mastery
- 56 Shadow Mastery
- 57 Shadow Mastery
- 58 Shadow Mastery
- 59 Master Summoner
- 60 Master Summoner
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Questions players ask
- What is the best Affliction Warlock leveling build in WoW Forever?
- Affliction drain life leveling (39/12/0 in Affliction / Demonology / Destruction, from Maxroll, updated 2026-11-03). It is checked against the launch talent trees and loads into the calculator on this page.
- What talents should a Affliction Warlock take first in WoW Forever?
- From level 10: 10 Improved Corruption, 11 Improved Corruption, 12 Improved Corruption, 13 Improved Corruption, 14 Improved Corruption. The full order to level 60 is on this page.
- How many talent points does a Warlock have at level 60 in WoW Forever?
- One point per level from 10, so 51 points at level 60. This build spends 51.
- Can I respec my Warlock in WoW Forever?
- Yes. A class trainer in any major city resets your talents, Legacy talents included, and Dual Specialization unlocks at level 40 so you can keep a second build.
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