Demonology Warlock Guide
Toughness and demons: Soul Link and Demon Armor to stay up, the demon its first talent picks to fight beside him, and an Infernal or a Doomguard to call on.
- Role Ranged DPS
- Health 4,450
- Resource Mana
Plan your Demonology Warlock build → Affliction Warlock
Toolkit at a glance
Counted from the spell data (every Warlock spell, the Demonology spells, and the row-5 talent spells).
| Stuns, fears, incapacitates | Fear, Howl of Terror, Death Coil, Intercept, Seduction, Summon Infernal |
|---|---|
| Roots and silences | — |
| Interrupts | Spell Lock |
| Defensives | Dark Pact |
| Heals | Drain Life, Death Coil, Healthstone |
| Mobility | Intercept |
Demonology Warlock talents
Five rows of three. Pick one per row; rows 1 to 4 are passive and row 5 teaches a spell.
Your demon is a Felguard, the brawler: each of its blows on one target hits 8% harder, up to 40%, and its spell is Intercept: it charges the target and stuns it for 3 sec.
Your demon is a Felhunter, the caster-hunter: it eats a magic effect off what it fights every 10 sec, and Intercept becomes Spell Lock: it interrupts its target, locking the school out for 4 sec.
Your demon is a Succubus, the controller: its lash is Shadow, and Intercept becomes Seduction: it charms its target for 6 sec; any damage breaks it.
Summon Demon is instant, once every 2 min.
Summon Demon takes 3 sec, not 6.
Life Tap also heals your demon for the 400 health you give up, so Soul Link and Life Tap feed each other.
20% of the damage you take goes to your demon instead, while it lives.
Your damage heals your demon for 15% of it, and its damage heals you the same.
You take 10% less physical damage and are healed 15% more.
When an attack strikes you, your next Shadow Bolt within 8 sec is instant. Once every 8 sec.
Shadow Bolt rouses your demon: it deals 25% more damage for 8 sec.
Your demon's spell is stronger: Intercept stuns 1 sec longer, Spell Lock also silences for 3 sec, and Seduction lasts 2 sec longer.
Learn Summon Infernal: the brute. It crashes onto the target for 300 Fire damage, stunning it and every enemy within 6 m for 2 sec, then stands for 30 sec burning everything near it.
Learn Summon Doomguard: the killer. It cripples the target (slowed 50%, dealing 25% less damage, for 8 sec) and throws Doom Bolts at it from range for 15 sec.
Learn Dark Pact: your demon gives up 500 of its health, and you're shielded for 1200 for 8 sec.
Demonology spells
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand of Gul'dan | Shadow | 300 | 1.5 s | — | 30 m |
| Call Dreadstalkers | Shadow | 400 | Instant | 20 s | 30 m |
| Demonic Empowerment | Shadow | — | Instant | 60 s | Self |
| Intercept | Physical | — | Instant | 30 s | 30 m |
Spells taught by talents (row 5)
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spell Lock | Shadow | — | Instant | 24 s | 32 m |
| Seduction | Shadow | — | Instant | 30 s | 30 m |
| Summon Infernal | Fire | — | Instant | 180 s | 30 m |
| Summon Doomguard | Shadow | — | Instant | 120 s | 30 m |
| Dark Pact | Shadow | — | Instant | 60 s | Self |
Spells every Warlock knows
The first eight are the action bar a new character starts with; swap spells on your bar in Spells & Talents (N). ★ = starting bar.
| Spell | School | Cost | Cast | Cooldown | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Bolt ★ | Shadow | 300 | 2.5 s | — | 30 m |
| Immolate ★ | Fire | 250 | 2 s | — | 30 m |
| Corruption ★ | Shadow | 200 | Instant | — | 30 m |
| Drain Life ★ | Shadow | 250 | Instant | — | 30 m |
| Fear ★ | Shadow | 250 | 1.5 s | — | 25 m |
| Howl of Terror ★ | Shadow | 300 | 1.5 s | 40 s | Self |
| Death Coil ★ | Shadow | 250 | Instant | 45 s | 30 m |
| Healthstone ★A stone, not a spell: a silence doesn't stop it. | Physical | — | Instant | 120 s | Self |
| Shadowflame | Shadow | 300 | Instant | 15 s | Self |
| Life Tap | Shadow | — | Instant | — | Self |
Recommended Demonology Warlock build
Recommended builds for this spec are still being tested. To be added.
Spell names, costs, cooldowns and talent text are read from the game client (v0.21, checked 2026-10-30). The developer calls the numbers “first-pass tuning”, so expect them to change.