Theory planNot playtested
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, then all periodic Warlock damage, then a pushback resist while channeling drains. This site has not playtested the order.
WarlockAfflictionDamageSolo leveling10–20Affliction 11Demonology 0Destruction 0Checked 21 Sept
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Affliction
11 / 51
Demonology
0 / 51
Destruction
0 / 51Who this is for
- Warlocks who already apply Corruption while questing.
- Players who will drain enough to notice Fel Concentration’s 23% pushback resist.
Who should skip it
- Destruction Shadow Bolt leveling. Bane is not in this sequence.
- Pet-first Demonology. Unholy Power is empty here.
Milestones
- Level 10: First point
Improved Corruption 1/5. Cast −0.4 sec, damage +2%. Voidwalker and Drain Soul rank 1 are also trained at 10.
- Level 14: Five Affliction points spent
Improved Corruption 5/5 is −2 sec and +10%. Corruption rank 2 and Drain Life rank 1 are trained at 14. Row 2 is legal; Malediction is the spend at 15, not at 14.
- Level 15: Malediction starts
The sixth point is Malediction 1/5. Periodic Warlock damage +1% per rank.
- Level 19: Ten Affliction points spent
Malediction 5/5 is +5% periodic Warlock damage. Row 3 is legal for the 11th point at 20.
- Level 20: Plan complete
Fel Concentration 1/3. 23% chance to avoid drain pushback. Shadow Bolt rank 4 and Immolate rank 3 are also trained at 20.
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 the channel Fel Concentration helps (23% chance to avoid interruption at talent rank 1). 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 can take the first five points. Malediction is row 2. Fel Concentration is row 3 after ten earlier Affliction points.
Improved Corruption rank 5 is −2 seconds of Corruption cast time and +10% Corruption damage. Those numbers are the recorded ranks, not a Classic memory of instant Corruption.
What the spent talents do
Improved Corruption
Improved Corruption rank 5: Corruption cast time −2 sec and Corruption damage +10% (0.4 sec and 2% per rank).
Malediction
Malediction rank 5 increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
Fel Concentration
Fel Concentration rank 1: 23% chance to avoid interruption while channeling or casting Drain Life, Drain Mana, Drain Soul, or Wrack.
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 press Bane of Agony more than Drain Life.
Amplify Curse increases the effect of your next Curse of Weakness or Bane of Agony by 50%, or your next Curse of Exhaustion by 20%, for 30 seconds. It is the 11th point after Improved Corruption 5 and Malediction 5. Fel Concentration is dropped.
Point order
Spend one point at each level from 10 to 20. Names only here; recorded rank text is on the talents you spend.
- Level 10: Improved Corruption 1/5 (Affliction)
- Level 11: Improved Corruption 2/5 (Affliction)
- Level 12: Improved Corruption 3/5 (Affliction)
- Level 13: Improved Corruption 4/5 (Affliction)
- Level 14: Improved Corruption 5/5 (Affliction)
- Level 15: Malediction 1/5 (Affliction)
- Level 16: Malediction 2/5 (Affliction)
- Level 17: Malediction 3/5 (Affliction)
- Level 18: Malediction 4/5 (Affliction)
- Level 19: Malediction 5/5 (Affliction)
- Level 20: Fel Concentration 1/3 (Affliction)
Not verified in combat
- Whether Corruption is still a casted spell in the live Beta after the −2 sec reduction
- Periodic damage feel with Malediction 5 on 10–20 targets
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NotesSources and limits
Checked against the 17 September Forever talent export. Cast-time and periodic percents are recorded tooltips.
Talent names, ranks, prerequisites and tooltips use this site’s Forever data snapshot. The point orders are original theory plans with no combat testing yet.
- Talent snapshot — layout preview-20260917-aed0e73e
- Warlock spellbook — recorded training levels and spell effects used in the play notes.
- Calculator rules — Each level follows the calculator’s point budget, rank limits and prerequisites: one point at level 10, up to eleven at level 20.
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