Aloha! We bring you all the changes of talents, abilities and talents of honor that the Affliction Warlock will have in Battle for Azeroth in Battle for Azeroth.
Affliction Warlock in Battle for Azeroth
Talents
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- Legion
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- BFA
Eliminated
- embrace-of-death- Agony, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Seed of Corruption, and Drain Soul deal up to 50% more damage against targets below 35% health. The damage dealt is higher the lower the health of the targets.
- transfusion-of-life-empowered: Life Tap increases your damage dealt by 10% for 20 sec.
- howl-of-terror: Emits a terrifying howl causing 0 enemies within 10 yards to flee in terror and become disoriented for 20 sec. Damage can cancel the effect.
- harvest-of-souls: Increases your and your pet's damage by 20%. Lasts 12 sec, increased by 4 sec for each target affected by your Agony, up to a maximum of 36 sec.
- Grimoire of Synergy: Summons a second demon to fight for you for 25, dealing 100% more damage. Has a 1,5 min cooldown. Upon being summoned, the demon will instantly use one of its special abilities:
- Grimoire: Imp: Remove a harmful magic effect that affects you.
- Grimoire: Deep Pit: Taunts its target.
- Grimoire: Succubus: Seduce his target.
- Grimoire: Felhunter: Interrupt his target.
- contagion: Deals 15% more damage to targets affected by your Unstable Affliction.
- yoke-malefic: While channeling Drain Soul, your damage over time effects deal 25% more damage to the target.
New
- shadow fury: Stuns all enemies within 8 yards for 3 sec.
- dark-soul-misery: Infuse your soul with the anguish of fallen enemies, increasing your haste by 30% for 20 sec.
- vile taint: Summons a cataclysm at the target location that deals (100% of Spell power) p. Shadowflame damage to all enemies within 10 yards, inflicting Agony and Unstable Affliction on them.
- creeping death: Your Agony, Corruption, Unstable Affliction abilities deal all damage 15% faster.
- deathbolt: Unleash a death bolt at the target, dealing 40% of the total remaining damage from your damage-over-time effects on the target.
- shadow embrace: Shadow Bolt applies Shadow Embrace, increasing your damage dealt to the target by 3% for 10 sec. It stacks up to 3 times.
Modified
- embrace-of-death: Moved from branch 100 to 30. Agony, Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Seed of Corruption, Phantom Singularity, and Drain Soul deal up to a
50%40% more damage against targets below 35% health. The damage dealt is higher the lower the health of the targets. - squirm-in-agony: Moved from branch 15 to 30. Agony's damage can now add up to 15 stacks.
- absolute corruption: Corruption is now permanent and deals a
25%15% more damage. Duration reduced to 24 seconds against players. - grimoire-of-sacrifice: Sacrifice your demon to obtain Demonic Power, with which you obtain his ability to dominate demons. What's more causes your spells to sometimes also inflict (
75%35% of Spell power) p. bonus Shadow damage to targetand other enemies within an 8m radius. Lasts 1 hour or until you summon a demon. - own:
5%2% base mana.2515 sec reuse. A ghostly soul possesses the target, inflicting (500%55% of Spell power) p. Shadow damage and increases15%10% the damage you inflict during1015 sec. If the target dies, Haunt's cooldown is reset. - ghost-singularity: Places a phantom singularity on the target that consumes the life of all enemies within 15 yards, dealing [8 * (
180%25% of Spell power)] p. damage over 16 sec and heals you for20%25% damage dealt. - suck-life: Sucks the target's life essence, inflicting damage on them. damage over 15 sec and heals you for
60%30% damage dealt. - sowing-seeds: Seed of Corruption now embeds a Demon Seed in
21 Extra nearby enemies.
Skills
Eliminated
- shadow-bite: Bites the enemy, inflicting 1 point. Shadow damage.
New
- invoke-dark-gaze: Summons a dark gaze for 12 sec that casts Eye Lasers at all targets affected by your Doom, dealing (110% of Spell power) to them. Shadow damage.
Modified
- agony:
3%1% base mana. Causes increasing agony on the target, dealing up to [(31.86%7.2% of Spell power) * 6] p. Shadow damage over 18 sec. Damage starts out low and increases progressively. Rebooting Agony maintains its current damage level. Agony damage sometimes generates 1 Soul Shard. - corruption:
3%1% base mana. Corrupts the target and deals (226.8%63% of Spell power) p. Shadow damage over 14 sec. - drain-soul: Drains the target's soul, inflicting 6. Shadow damage over 6 sec and restores health equal to
200%125% damage dealt. Generates 1 Soul Shard if the target dies during this effect. - life transfusion: Accessible to all specializations. 30 second cooldown. 3 charges.
Restores 30% of your maximum manaGrants 1 Soul Piece, at a cost of one10%15% of your maximum health. - seed-of-corruption: Embeds a demon seed into the enemy target that explodes after
1812 sec, what inflicts (172%50% of Spell power) p. Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yards applies Corruption to them. The seed detonates earlier if other detonations hit the target or if the target receives (Spell power *30050 / 100) p. damage from your spells. - shadow discharge:
6%2% base mana. Launches a shadowy volley at the enemy, dealing (160%50% of Spell power) p. Shadow damage. - unstable affliction: Inflicts the target (
370.8%64% of Spell power) p. Shadow damage over 8 sec. There is the possibility of applying up to 5 uses of Unstable Affliction at the same time on a target. If dispelled, inflict [(92.7%16% of Spell power) * 400/100] p. damage to whoever dispelled it and silences it for 4 sec. You deal 10% more damage to targets affected by your Unstable Affliction. Returns 1 Soul Shard if the target dies for the duration of the effects.
Honor talents
Modified
- rot and decay: Every time you drain
soulLife Deals damage, increases the duration of your Unstable Affliction, Corruption, and Agony cast at the target by 1 sec.