Warlock build guide

Available at once

• Suppression 5 ranks

  Increases your luck by 5%.

• Shadow Embrace 5 ranks

  Your damage-over-time effects deal 4% more damage.

5 points in Affliction

• Improved Curse of Agony 3 ranks

  Curse of Agony deals 5% more damage.

• Improved Drain Life 5 ranks

  Drain Life deals 8% more damage.

10 points in Affliction

• Nightfall Milestone 1 rank

  Your Shadow Bolts carry the night: each one that lands corrupts its target for 40% of the bolt over 12 sec, and every tick of Corruption has a 2% chance to fire a free Shadow Bolt, at most twice a second.

• Soul Reaping 3 ranks

  Death Coil instantly deals 5% of your Drain Life's remaining damage on its target, without consuming it.

15 points in Affliction

• Grim Reach 1 rank

  Your damage-over-time spells take 1 more target.

• Shadow Mastery 5 ranks

  Shadow spells deal 3% more damage.

20 points in Affliction

• Contagion Milestone 1 rank

  When an enemy dies with Corruption or Curse of Agony on it, each jumps to the enemy nearest it.

  Requires Nightfall

• Amplify Curse 3 ranks

  Curse of Agony's cooldown is 8% shorter.

25 points in Affliction

• Siphon Life 1 rank

  Every tick of your damage-over-time effects heals you for 1% of it.

• Fel Concentration 3 ranks

  Your damage-over-time effects last 6% longer.

30 points in Affliction

• Seed of Corruption Capstone 1 rank

  You start every run with Corruption, and enemies that die afflicted by your damage-over-time effects burst for 3% of their maximum health on everything within 6 yd.

  Requires Contagion

Available at once

• Demonic Familiar 5 ranks

  An Imp fights at your side for good, its Firebolts 4% stronger. Each one also strikes every enemy burning with your Immolate.

• Demonic Embrace 5 ranks

  Increases your maximum health by 4%.

5 points in Demonology

• Fel Stamina 3 ranks

  Reduces all damage taken by 2.5%.

• Unholy Power 5 ranks

  Your demons deal 5% more damage.

10 points in Demonology

• Soul Devourer Milestone 3 ranks

  Permanently summons a Felhunter. Its bites hit 2 enemies, prioritizing bosses and elites, and deal 0.5% more damage per 1% missing enemy health. Consume Magic: Consumes 10% of your highest-ranked DoT's remaining duration, dealing 150% of the consumed damage. Rules out Soul Link.

  Requires Demonic Familiar

• Soul Link Milestone 3 ranks

  Permanently summons a Voidwalker that hits 2 enemies. Gains 3% damage per 1% Damage Reduction and 2% per 1% bonus max health. Your Voidwalkers shield you for 5% of their damage, up to 25% of your max health. Rules out Soul Devourer.

  Requires Demonic Familiar

• Demonic Echoes 3 ranks

  Your demons' attacks have a 5% chance to Echo for full damage. This is their only Echo source.

15 points in Demonology

• Master Demonologist 3 ranks

  Increases all damage and your demons' critical strike chance by 3%.

20 points in Demonology

• Legion Gate Milestone 1 rank

  Every 4 sec, summon 3 random lesser demons for 12–16 sec (max 12). Succubi stun Corrupted enemies. Their kills trigger a Death Coil at 50% damage.

  Requires Soul Devourer or Soul Link

• Demonic Supremacy 1 rank

  Your Infernal and Doomguard become permanent. You can no longer summon lesser demons. Maximum one of each.

25 points in Demonology

• Summon Infernal 3 ranks

  Your damaging spells have a 5% chance to summon an Infernal for 15 sec (max 1). Its Meteor stuns enemies on impact, and it burns nearby enemies with Hellfire at 100% effectiveness.

• Summon Doomguard 3 ranks

  Your damaging spells have a 5% chance to summon a Doomguard for 15 sec (max 1). Its Shadow Bolts hit 2 enemies and inherit your upgrades. Doom Bringer: Consecutive hits on the same boss or elite deal 20% more damage, up to 60%.

30 points in Demonology

• Pact of the Annihilan Capstone 1 rank

  Summons a Pit Lord for 20 sec every 30 sec, reduced by CDR (min 13 sec). Up to 2 active. Felseeker inherits your Searing Pain upgrades and deals 25% more damage to its primary target. It hits up to 6 enemies. Exclusive with Butcher.

  Requires Legion Gate

• Butcher Capstone 1 rank

  Summons a Felguard for 20 sec every 30 sec, reduced by CDR (min 13 sec). Up to 2 active. Cleaves up to 10 enemies within 15 yd. Every third swing deals double damage. Deals 50% more damage below 30% enemy health. Exclusive with Pact of the Annihilan.

  Requires Legion Gate

Available at once

• Improved Shadow Bolt 5 ranks

  Shadow Bolt deals 5% more damage.

• Cataclysm 5 ranks

  Your cooldowns recover 1.5% faster.

5 points in Destruction

• Intensity 5 ranks

  Soulfire deals 4% more damage.

• Scorched Earth 5 ranks

  Your Hellfire deals 5% more damage. Each pulse has a 3% chance to slow each enemy it burns by 40% for 3 sec.

10 points in Destruction

• Shadow Cleave Milestone 1 rank

  Shadow Bolt splits: every bolt that lands forks to 2 more enemies for 15% of it.

• Improved Searing Pain 3 ranks

  Searing Pain and Immolate deal 8% more damage.

15 points in Destruction

• Destructive Reach 3 ranks

  Rain of Fire and Hellfire reach 8% farther.

• Devastation 5 ranks

  Increases your critical strike chance by 1%.

20 points in Destruction

• Conflagrate Milestone 1 rank

  Start every run with Immolate. Shadow Bolt and Searing Pain make Immolated enemies explode for 15% of the hit's damage within 6 yd.

  Requires Shadow Cleave

• Emberstorm 5 ranks

  Fire spells deal 3% more damage.

25 points in Destruction

• Ruin 3 ranks

  Increases your critical strike damage by 8%.

• Bane 3 ranks

  Shadow Bolt and Immolate cooldowns are 7% shorter.

30 points in Destruction

• Rain of Chaos Capstone 1 rank

  A second Rain of Fire falls on its own every 13 sec, and its burning ground slows what it touches.

  Requires Conflagrate