Warlock talent trees at level 90
Warlock has 3 specializations: Affliction, Demonology, Destruction. This class page starts with Affliction. Its hero choices are Hellcaller and Soul Harvester. The hero selector changes only the hero branch. Your class and specialization picks stay in place.
Affliction points and unlocks
| Specialization | Tree | Talents | Points at level 90 | First point | Point gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affliction | Class | 42 | 34 | Level 10 | 8, 23 |
| Affliction | Affliction | 37 | 34 | Level 11 | 8, 20 |
| Affliction | Soul Harvester | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
| Affliction | Hellcaller | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
| Demonology | Class | 42 | 34 | Level 10 | 8, 23 |
| Demonology | Demonology | 39 | 34 | Level 11 | 8, 20 |
| Demonology | Soul Harvester | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
| Demonology | Diabolist | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
| Destruction | Class | 42 | 34 | Level 10 | 8, 23 |
| Destruction | Destruction | 39 | 34 | Level 11 | 8, 20 |
| Destruction | Hellcaller | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
| Destruction | Diabolist | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
Available points are the sum of points earned at or below your chosen level. Each purchased rank costs one point in its own tree. Automatically learned talents cost no points. Points in your class tree cannot pay for talents in Affliction or either hero branch.
A affliction leveling example
At level 24, warlock affliction has8 class points and 7specialization points. Spending 8 class points above the first gate opens its next section, provided you complete the connected talents. Spending those points in Afflictiondoes not open the class gate. Your first Soul Harvester point arrives at level71.
Reaching the deeper affliction talents
Death's Embrace, Ravenous Afflictions, Impetuous Wrathrequire 20 points above the last Affliction gate. Complete the connected path as well. To move points out of that path, refund these deeper talents first. A refund that leaves fewer than 20 points above the gate is blocked while a talent below it remains learned.
Comparing Summoner's Embrace and Grimoire of Sacrifice
These Affliction options share an octagonal node with 1 rank. Choose the effect you need, then learn the rank. Replacing one option keeps the same point cost.
| Talent | Effect at its first rank |
|---|---|
| Summoner's Embrace | Increases the damage dealt by your spells and your demon by 3%. |
| Grimoire of Sacrifice | Sacrifices your demon pet for power, gaining its command demon ability, and causing your spells to sometimes also deal (37.19% spell power) additional Shadow damage. Lasts until cancelled or until you summon a demon pet. |
Importing, exporting and sharing warlock builds
Paste a warlock loadout into the loadout box and choose Import loadout. It opens the matching specialization, including Affliction, Demonology, Destruction. For this Affliction plan, Export loadout includes your class picks, specialization picks and chosen Hellcaller or Soul Harvester branch. Copy build link also keeps your level. Hover or focus a node to read it, click to learn, and right click to refund. On a phone, tap the node and use Learn rank or Remove rank.
Retail uses separate class, specialization and hero point pools. The older talent calculators linked above use three trees that share one pool, so their build strings are not interchangeable. Game updates can change talents and invalidate older loadouts. Check the build and data date before reusing a saved plan.
Talent updates
| Build | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 12.1.5.70688 | 2026-11-03 | Talent trees added for 3 specializations. |