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, incapacitatesFear, Howl of Terror, Death Coil, Intercept, Seduction, Summon Infernal
Roots and silences—
InterruptsSpell Lock
DefensivesDark Pact
HealsDrain Life, Death Coil, Healthstone
MobilityIntercept

Demonology Warlock talents

Five rows of three. Pick one per row; rows 1 to 4 are passive and row 5 teaches a spell.

Row 1
Felguard

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.

Felhunter

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.

Succubus

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.

Row 2
Fel Domination

Summon Demon is instant, once every 2 min.

Master Summoner

Summon Demon takes 3 sec, not 6.

Mana Feed

Life Tap also heals your demon for the 400 health you give up, so Soul Link and Life Tap feed each other.

Row 3
Soul Link

20% of the damage you take goes to your demon instead, while it lives.

Fel Synergy

Your damage heals your demon for 15% of it, and its damage heals you the same.

Demon Armor

You take 10% less physical damage and are healed 15% more.

Row 4
Backlash

When an attack strikes you, your next Shadow Bolt within 8 sec is instant. Once every 8 sec.

Demonic Pact

Shadow Bolt rouses your demon: it deals 25% more damage for 8 sec.

Master Demonologist

Your demon's spell is stronger: Intercept stuns 1 sec longer, Spell Lock also silences for 3 sec, and Seduction lasts 2 sec longer.

Row 5
Summon Infernal

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.

Summon Doomguard

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.

Dark Pact

Learn Dark Pact: your demon gives up 500 of its health, and you're shielded for 1200 for 8 sec.

Demonology spells

SpellSchoolCostCastCooldownRange
Hand of Gul'danShadow3001.5 s—30 m
Call DreadstalkersShadow400Instant20 s30 m
Demonic EmpowermentShadow—Instant60 sSelf
InterceptPhysical—Instant30 s30 m

Spells taught by talents (row 5)

SpellSchoolCostCastCooldownRange
Spell LockShadow—Instant24 s32 m
SeductionShadow—Instant30 s30 m
Summon InfernalFire—Instant180 s30 m
Summon DoomguardShadow—Instant120 s30 m
Dark PactShadow—Instant60 sSelf

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.

SpellSchoolCostCastCooldownRange
Shadow Bolt ★Shadow3002.5 s—30 m
Immolate ★Fire2502 s—30 m
Corruption ★Shadow200Instant—30 m
Drain Life ★Shadow250Instant—30 m
Fear ★Shadow2501.5 s—25 m
Howl of Terror ★Shadow3001.5 s40 sSelf
Death Coil ★Shadow250Instant45 s30 m
Healthstone ★A stone, not a spell: a silence doesn't stop it.Physical—Instant120 sSelf
ShadowflameShadow300Instant15 sSelf
Life TapShadow—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.