Azeroth Survivors Warlock Build

Warlock talent recommendations, in three layers

Every class grows one talent tree between runs — roughly 39–40 talents, 51 points total, a new row every 5 points, a milestone at 10 and 20 points and one capstone slot at 30 (one capstone per run; respecs are free). The Warlock path below is the corpse-jumping plague spread.

• Capstone · 30 ptsSeed of Corruption Starts your run with Corruption; enemies that die with DoTs on them explode for 3% of their max HP in a 6-yard burst. Dying waves chain into each other — the core of the build.
  • Alt — Pact of the Nathrezim: the demon-lord summon build (Wiki v0.128 named it Pact of the Annihilan — same capstone, renamed).
  • Alt — Butcher: fel-guard cleave build; mutually exclusive with the Nathrezim pact.
  • Alt — Rain of Chaos: a second falling firestorm that leaves slowing burning ground.
• Milestones · 10 / 20 ptsNightfall (10) → Contagion (20) The Affliction pair is the corpse-jump engine: when a cursed target dies, its DoTs hop to the nearest enemy. Prioritize this line.
  • Demonology line: Soul Devourer (10, felhunter) or Soul Link (10, voidwalker — its shield was cut from 25% to 10% in v0.124.0), Legion Gate (20)
  • Destruction line: Shadow Cleave (10) → Conflagrate (20)
• Path passivesSiphon Life · area · haste Siphon Life is step three of the standard build — your DoTs tick health back to you, which matters on the lowest health pool in the game. Then stack area and haste passives.

Core skills & pick priority

Every level-up offers three loot-colored cards. Spend them roughly in this order:

• Seed of Corruption capstone first (once the talent tree is up) — it turns every DoT kill into an explosion.
• Shadow Bolt and Corruption early — your starter and your first DoT; classic draft order adds Curse of Agony and one direct strike next.
• Rain of Fire for density — with Hellfire as the risky-in-close alternative; survival cards repay themselves fastest on Warlock's 165 health.
• Siphon Life and area/haste passives — keep the spread rolling and yourself alive.
• Late picks — Death Coil and Soulfire — burst answers for elites; Soulfire anchors the popular luck-based community build (editor's note).

Core spells you will see: Shadow Bolt · Corruption · Curse of Agony · Immolate · Searing Pain · Rain of Fire · Soulfire (per azerothsurvivorsgame.com's spell list; the Wiki pool adds Death Coil, Hellfire, Fear, Demonic Empowerment). Gear that loves this build: Seal of the Damned (+10% DoT tick speed), Quick Strike Ring + The Legionlord's Medallion for demon builds, Earthstrike, Hand of Justice, Choker of the Fire Lord — Dreadmist through Plagueheart sets, staffs up to Atiesh.

Zones and the Warlock's fit

Zones unlock per class: win a zone with one class and the next zone opens for that class only. The 13-zone path every Warlock walks:

1 Elwynn Forest2 Duskwood3 Warsong Gulch4 Un'Goro Crater5 Arathi Basin6 Feralas7 Gurubashi Arena8 Scarlet Monastery9 Alterac Valley10 Blackrock Mountain11 Scholomance12 Gates of Ahn'Qiraj13 Naxxramas

• Density is fuel — the DoT spread scales with how many enemies share a screen; Scarlet Monastery, Alterac Valley and Naxxramas waves snowball hardest (editor's note).
• Early zones need care — 165 base health is the thinnest pool in the game, so play conservatively until Contagion and Siphon Life are online.

Full zone order with final bosses and arrival times: the 13 zones table →

Races & mobility for Warlock

• Gnome — +20% luck, faster cooldowns, and Escape Artist to break roots for 2 seconds.
• Orc — Blood Fury: +35% damage for 12 seconds and +10% max health (welcome on this health pool).
• Undead — Will of the Forsaken: 4 seconds of immunity at death's door, healing on kills, and 4% damage reduction.
• Defaults & unlocks — Human, Gnome, Orc and Undead are available by default; since v0.120.0 achievement points unlock any race for any class.
• Mobility — Warlock's movement skill is Howl of Terror (from level 5, on F, steers with your mouse).

Warlock build video

A Demonology showcase where the demons do the pushing while your DoTs do the killing. The embed lands in our next media pass; the video lives on YouTube.

Azeroth Survivors Warlock FAQ