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Warlocks are the bane of all life. Empowered by demonic blood, they can inflict great torment upon their foes. To replenish the dreadful energy their spells expend, warlocks drain vitality from their victims. The warlock can also summon and control terrifying demonic entities. Still, warlocks are feared above all else for their singular wickedness and cruelty.

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Is Warlock for me?

For players who enjoy a darker spellcasting fantasy and a companion very different from a friendly woodland creature.

  • You like a darker fantasy and a companion to match
  • You enjoy setting things up in advance and letting them work
  • You are comfortable spending your own health as a resource

Worth knowingWarlocks reward preparation. Much of your strength is applied before the fight is decided.

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Affliction

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17 beta talents

Destruction

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16 beta talents

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RACES & RACIALS

Who can be a Warlock?

5 races, and what each one brings before you spend a single talent point.

Human

4 racials
  • Perception

    Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec.

  • Sword Specialization

    Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 2% while you have a sword or two-handed sword equipped.

  • The Human Spirit

    Spirit increased by 5%.

  • Will to Survive

    Instantly removes all Stun effects.

Orc

4 racials
  • Blood Fury

    Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec.

  • Hardiness

    Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%.

  • Axe Specialization

    Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and abilities by 1% while you have an axe or a two-handed axe equipped.

  • Shatter Curse

    Instantly removes and grants immunity to all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 15% for 8 sec.

Undead

4 racials
  • Underwater Breathing

    Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.

  • Will of the Forsaken

    Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.

  • Cannibalize

    When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.

  • Touch of the Grave

    Your spells and attacks have a 5% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.

Gnome

4 racials
  • Escape Artist

    Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.

  • Expansive Mind

    Maximum Mana increased by 5%.

  • Engineering Specialization

    Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.

  • Eureka!

    Your next 3 damaging abilities have their Energy cost reduced by 20% and deal 10% more damage.

Troll

4 racials
  • Berserking

    Description not resolved in this build's data.

  • Regeneration

    Health regeneration rate increased by 10%. In addition, 10% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat.

  • Beast Slaying

    Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.

  • Rapid Regeneration

    Description not resolved in this build's data.

Racial abilities and the races that may take each class come from the installed Forever beta client, read from its CharBaseInfo table and the racial skill lines. Descriptions are parser output at level 60, not in-game verified. Unlike the talent trees above, these tables are the ones the client actually uses.

ABILITIES & SPELLBOOK

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About the content and artwork

Class icons and talent backgrounds come from the supplied beta client snapshot, build 1.60.1.69913, confirmed by the owner as the installed Forever beta. Talent trees and draft builds are public; ability candidates remain under admin review. Specialization role labels follow the 14 September 2026 Classic research snapshot.

Classic class illustration sources (© Blizzard Entertainment, cutouts by teebling / Barrens Chat). Additional icon sources. Extracted client icons, assembled talent backgrounds and provenance. Owner-supplied decorative border. No illustration is presented as a gameplay screenshot.