Affliction

On Affliction

Warlocks are the eternal masters of shadow magic, a practice perfected over many generations. While they excel in the manipulalation of demons, their true power lies in their own hands.

The Warlock talent tree that includes curses and DoT spells, as well as various other debuffs. The Affliction tree relies on slow, steady death while being mana efficient. With abilities such as [Dark Pact], a warlock with talents deep in this tree is fit to survive a long, drawn out battle based on mana. Also, the Affliction tree contains the only snare ability that warlocks are capable of getting, [Curse of Exhaustion].

Many warlocks prefer a [Shadow Mastery]/ [Ruin] talent build (a build that must consist of both talents, but can vary elsewhere), which requires at least 30 points in this tree.

Affliction Talents

Talent	Reqs	Ranks	Description
[Suppression]	none	5	Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 2/4/6/8/10%.
[Improved Corruption]	none	5	Reduces the casting time of your Corruption spell by 0.4/0.8/1.2/1.6/2.0 seconds.
[Improved Curse of Weakness]	5 Affliction	2	Increases the effect of your [Curse of Weakness] by 10/20%.
[Improved Drain Soul]	5 Affliction	2	Returns 7%/15% of your maximum mana if the target is killed by you while you drain its soul. In addition, your Affliction spells generate 5%/10% less threat.
[Improved Life Tap]	5 Affliction	2	Increases the Mana awarded by your [Life Tap] spell by 10%/20%.
[Soul Siphon]	5 Affliction	2	Increases the amount drained by your [Drain Life] spell by an additional 2%/4% for each Affliction effect on the target, up to a maximum of 24%/60% additional effect.
[Improved Curse of Agony]	10 Affliction	2	Increases the damage done by your [Curse of Agony] by 5%/10%.
[Fel Concentration]	10 Affliction	5	Gives you a 14%/28%/42%/56%/70% chance to avoid interruption caused by damage while channeling the [Drain Life], [Drain Mana] or [Drain Soul] spell.
[Amplify Curse]	10 Affliction	1	Increases the effect of your next [Curse of Doom] or [Curse of Agony] by 50% or your next [Curse of Exhaustion] by 20%. Lasts 30 seconds. Three minute cooldown.
[Grim Reach]	15 Affliction	2	Increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10%/20%.
Nightfall	15 Affliction	2	Gives your Corruption and [Drain Life] spells a 2%/4% 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%.
[Empowered Corruption]	15 Affliction	3	Your Corruption spell gains an additional 12%/24%/36% of your bonus spell damage effects.
[Shadow Embrace]	20 Affliction	5	Your Corruption, [Curse of Agony], [Siphon Life], and [Seed of Corruption] spells also cause the Shadow Embrace effect, which reduces physical damage by 1%/2%/3%/4%/5%.
[Curse of Exhaustion]	20 Affliction 1 Amplify Curse	1	Reduces the target's speed by 30% for 12 sec. Only one Curse per Warlock can be active on any one target.
[Siphon Life]	20 Affliction	1	Transfers 15 health from the target to the caster every 3 sec. Lasts 30 sec.
[Shadow Mastery]	25 Affliction 1 Siphon Life	5	Increases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%.
[Dark Pact]	30 Affliction	1	Drains some of your pet's Mana and gives it to you.
[Contagion]	30 Affliction	5	Increases the damage of [Curse of Agony], Corruption, and [Seed of Corruption] by 1%/2%/3%/4%/5% and reduces the chance your Affliction spells will be dispelled by an additional 6%/12%/18%/24%/30%.
[Improved Howl of Terror]	35 Affliction	2	Reduces the casting time of your [Howl of Terror] spell by 0.8/1.5 seconds.
[Malediction]	35 Affliction	3	Increases the damage bonus effect of your Curse of Shadows and [Curse of the Elements] spells by an additional 1%/2%/3%.
[Unstable Affliction]	40 Affliction 5 Contagion	1	Shadow energy slowly destroys the target, causing 660 damage over 18 sec. In addition, if the Unstable Affliction is dispelled it will cause 990 damage to the dispeller and silence them for 5 sec.

See also

Affliction | Demonology | Destruction