WotLK Classic Affliction Warlock Spell Summary (2024)

Last updated on Sep 24, 2023 at 12:00by Crix11 comments

On this page, we present you with all spells and procs that you need to understand as aAffliction Warlock in WotLK Classic.

Warlock has one of most varying toolkits in the game.Filled with powerful spells, damage-over-time (DoT's), and utility thatonly Warlocks can bring to the raid.

As an Affliction Warlock, you will be focusing on dealing damage.These are all of your main damaging spells that you will want to focus on using.

• Unstable Affliction — Deals big damage-over-time. This is to be on the boss at alltimes.
• Corruption — Deals damage-over-time. This is main ability and must be on the bossat all times for Nightfall and Eradication.
• Shadow Bolt — This is your main filler ability to be used as long as Unstable Affliction,Corruption, Haunt, and Curse of Agony are on the boss.
• Haunt — A debuff that boosts your other DoTs by 20%, or 23% if using Glyph of Haunt.Haunt also does slight damage and heals you for that amount.
• Curse of Agony — This is your main curse. Keep this on the boss as much as you can.
• Drain Soul — This is your execute ability. Once the target gets below 25%, Drain Souldeals 4 times the amount of damage. You also have a chance at getting a Soul Shard from every tick ofDrain Soul
• Seed of Corruption — Your main AoE ability. Spam this on any packs with 3 targets or more.
• Shadowflame — This ability is to be used on AoE packs if in range.

For a better understanding of what your damage rotation should be, be sureto check out our rotation page for a fullexplanation of both your single-target, AoE and execute DPS rotations.

• Life Tap — Gives you Mana in return for some of your health. This also procsyour Glyph of Life Tap. You must tap to keep this buff up as much as you can.
• Fel Armor — This is a personal buff that you must have up 100% of the time onyourself. This gives you Spell Power as well as converts some of your spirit into spell power. Inaddition you regain 2% of your maximum health every 5 seconds.
• Create Spellstone — This is your weapon oil. This gives you 1% extra damage onyour damage-over-time spells, but also gives you Haste rating.
• Demonic Circle: Summon — This spell puts a Demonic Circle at yourfeet that lasts 6 seconds.
• Demonic Circle: Teleport — This spell will teleport you to yourDemonic Circle, as long as you are within 40 yards of it.
• Ritual of Summoning — This will place down a summoning portal,better known as a summoning closet. It takes 2 other party or raid members tohelp you summon the closet. After that anyone in your party or raid can clickthis with the help of another to summon other raid members from anywhere in the world.
• Ritual of Souls — This is what makes Healthstones.You need two of party or raid members to help summon the Soulwell. The Soulwelllasts for 3 minutes or 25 charges.
• Create Soulstone — This will create a Soulstone that you canplace on anyone. When that person dies, this will give them a chance to resurrect.
• Banish — Banishes the enemy Demon or Elemental for 30 seconds.You can banish once again to unbanish the target. This is used in raid to helpcrowd control trash mobs.
• Fear — This will cause most targets to run around in fear,unable to attack or do anything. Often used in raid as a form of crowd control.
• Detect Invisibility — Niche uses in raid. This helps yourtank see invisible mobs.
• Curse of the Elements — Curses the target for 5 minutes, reducingArcane, Fire, Frost, Nature, and Shadow Resistances by 165, but also increasesmagic damage taken by the target by 13%. Balance Druids andUnholy Death Knights also have abilities that do the same thing, soyou will not find yourself casting this too much, rather only when there is noBalance Druid or Unholy Death Knights.
• Curse of Weakness — This lowers the target's melee Attack Power by478 and reduces their Armor by 5% for 2 minutes. This is also covered by aBalance Druid's Faerie Fire and a Hunter'sScorpid Sting, so you can expect to rarely use this.
• Death Coil — Causes the target to run in horror for 3 seconds,does slight damage as well as heals you for 300% oft he damage caused. This is avery nice ability for the heal alone.

Below is a list of other spells that aren't used as often, butstill have niche uses

• Health Funnel — This is a channeled ability that will heal your Demon.
• Shadow Ward — This will put a an absorb shield around you that will shield you for 3,300Shadow damage.
• Hellfire — This is a channeled Fire AoE ability that emits from the caster. This is usedto get immediate AoE damage if the mobs will die before you can cast and explode a Seed of Corruption
• Searing Pain — A quick casting ability for small damage, but worth if you cannot get anormal cast off.

This guide has been written by Crix, Co-Admin of the Warlock Discordand long time Warlock player. He raids with the guild Fusion and hascleared all WOTLK content as a Warlock, as well as makes Warlock relatedcontent on YouTube for Warlocks and streams Warlock gameplaydaily over at Twitch.

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