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Affliction Warlock solo leveling 10–20

A theory Affliction start for solo leveling from 10 to 20. It shortens Corruption’s cast and raises its damage, improves Drain Life, Drain Soul and Drain Mana, extends Affliction range, then gives those drains and Wrack a chance not to lose casting time. This site has not playtested the order.

WarlockAfflictionDamageSolo leveling10–20Affliction 11Demonology 0Destruction 0Checked 5 Nov

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Affliction

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Demonology

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Destruction

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Who this is for

  • Warlocks who already apply Corruption while questing.
  • Players who will drain enough to notice Fel Concentration’s 23% chance not to lose casting time.

Who should skip it

  • Destruction Shadow Bolt leveling. Bane is not in this sequence.
  • Pet-first Demonology. Unholy Power is empty here.

Milestones

  1. Level 10: First point

    Improved Corruption 1/5: cast −0.4 seconds, damage +2%.

  2. Level 14: Corruption complete

    Improved Corruption 5/5: cast −2 seconds, damage +10%.

  3. Level 15: Drain investment

    Improved Drains starts. Rank 3 at 17 gives 20% stronger listed drains.

  4. Level 19: Range complete

    Grim Reach 2/2 gives 20% extra Affliction range. Ten points unlock row 3.

  5. Level 20: Plan complete

    Fel Concentration 1/3 gives Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul and Wrack a 23% chance not to lose casting time.

How to play it

  • Imp is trained at 1; Voidwalker at 10 (100% of base mana; spellbook beta). Keep Corruption up: rank 1 at 4 (35 Mana), rank 2 at 14 (55 Mana). Improved Corruption rank 5 is −2 sec and +10% on that cast, not a Classic instant Corruption. Bane of Agony rank 1 at 8 / rank 2 at 18. Immolate rank 2 at 10 / rank 3 at 20. Shadow Bolt rank 3 at 12 / rank 4 at 20 as filler.
  • Life Tap rank 2 at 16 if you need mana. Drain Life rank 1 at 14 (55 Mana) is one channel Fel Concentration helps (23% chance not to lose casting time at talent rank 1). The same talent also names Drain Mana, Drain Soul and Wrack. Drain Soul rank 1 at 10 (55 Mana) for shards. Health Funnel rank 1 at 12 / rank 2 at 20 to keep the voidwalker up. Fear rank 1 at 8 if a second mob.
  • If you almost never Drain Life, the maintained alternative spends the 11th point on Amplify Curse instead of Fel Concentration.

Why this order

Eleven points stay in Affliction. Demonology and Destruction remain empty.

Improved Corruption takes five points, followed by Improved Drains 3 and Grim Reach 2. Fel Concentration is the row-3 spend at 20.

Improved Drains names Drain Life, Drain Soul and Drain Mana. Wrack is not on that list. Fel Concentration still names Wrack together with those three drains.

What the spent talents do

Improved Corruption

Improved Corruption rank 5 reduces its cast by 2 seconds and adds 10% Corruption damage.

Improved Drains

Improved Drains rank 3 increases Health drained, damage done, or Mana drained by Drain Life, Drain Soul and Drain Mana by 20%. Wrack is not listed.

Grim Reach

Grim Reach rank 2 increases Affliction spell range by 20%.

Fel Concentration

Fel Concentration rank 1 gives Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul and Wrack a 23% chance not to lose casting time when you take damage.

Weaknesses and tradeoffs

  • Suppression’s hit chance and threat reduction on row 1 are skipped.
  • Shadowburn and Bane (Destruction) are empty. This is not a Shadow Bolt haste plan.
  • Amplify Curse is another row-3 button and is not the 11th point.

Gear notes

  • Intellect lengthens how long you can recast Corruption and Immolate; stamina is extra health if the voidwalker loses aggro. A wand fills time while dots tick; this catalog does not tag a Forever wand as Warlock-only. Compare off-hands and cloth on the same required-level or item-level field. Shadow damage on a weapon is a printed effect when present — do not ignore effects just because armor is missing.

Optional point

Amplify Curse at 20

You prefer a curse cooldown to the first rank of Fel Concentration.

After Improved Corruption 5, Improved Drains 3 and Grim Reach 2, take Amplify Curse. It increases the effect of the next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or Curse of Exhaustion by 20%; the buff lasts 30 seconds.

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Point order

Spend one point at each level from 10 to 20. Names only here; recorded rank text is on the talents you spend.

  1. Level 10: Improved Corruption 1/5 (Affliction)
  2. Level 11: Improved Corruption 2/5 (Affliction)
  3. Level 12: Improved Corruption 3/5 (Affliction)
  4. Level 13: Improved Corruption 4/5 (Affliction)
  5. Level 14: Improved Corruption 5/5 (Affliction)
  6. Level 15: Improved Drains 1/3 (Affliction)
  7. Level 16: Improved Drains 2/3 (Affliction)
  8. Level 17: Improved Drains 3/3 (Affliction)
  9. Level 18: Grim Reach 1/2 (Affliction)
  10. Level 19: Grim Reach 2/2 (Affliction)
  11. Level 20: Fel Concentration 1/3 (Affliction)

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Not verified in combat

  • The practical value of stronger drains versus other legal row-2 choices.
  • Whether 20% extra Affliction range helps your usual pulls.

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Sources and limits

Revalidated on 5 November 2026 against beta-20261105-c929bf89: Beta 70755 plus the 3–4 November hotfix cache. Some columns are provisional source placements. This theory order has not been playtested.

Talent names, ranks, prerequisites and tooltips in these WoW Forever builds use this site’s Forever data snapshot. Point text is checked against that snapshot. A cited guide is linked from the plan; its article is not copied here.

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