Historical point talent tree
Affliction
Wrath of the Lich King
Affliction builds pressure through effects that continue after the initial cast.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ranged damage
- Talents in this tree
- 28
Tree identity
The player follows the remaining life of targets and the effects already active on them. Movement and changes of target influence whether another application will have time to matter.
In 3.3.5a this is a point tree, not the formal specialization system of later expansions. Points can be shared across the class's three trees.
Classes
Warlock Examples from this tree
Abilities belonging to the selected game version. Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a · Client build 12340
Haunt
Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a
You send a ghostly soul into the target, dealing 405–473 Shadow damage and increasing all damage done by your Shadow dam...
You send a ghostly soul into the target, dealing 405–473 Shadow damage and increasing all damage done by your Shadow damage-over-time effects on the target by 20% for 12 s. When the Haunt spell ends or is dispelled, the soul returns to you, healing you for 100% of the damage it did to the target.
Everlasting Affliction
Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a
Your Corruption and Unstable Affliction spells gain an additional 5% of your bonus spell damage, and your Drain Life, Dr...
Your Corruption and Unstable Affliction spells gain an additional 5% of your bonus spell damage, and your Drain Life, Drain Soul, Shadow Bolt, and Haunt spells have a 100% chance to reset the duration of your Corruption spell on the target.
Death's Embrace
Wrath of the Lich King · patch 3.3.5a
Increases the amount drained by your Drain Life by 30% while your health is at or below 20% health, and increases the da...
Increases the amount drained by your Drain Life by 30% while your health is at or below 20% health, and increases the damage done by your Shadow spells by 12% when your target is at or below 35% health.
Base client values are shown. Effects that depend on character level or statistics may vary.
Signature talents
Unstable Affliction, Pandemic and Haunt are distinctive deeper choices. Their interactions with the wider spellbook should be read from the actual rank descriptions.
Building for this patch
Mana and control remain part of the plan alongside ongoing damage. This historical tree does not use the later resource systems of other editions.
Sources and context
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Blizzard: class background
Class fantasy. Current resources, races and talent systems are not used as historical mechanics.
- Client 12340 directory and read-only local game data
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Version availability
| Edition | Patch | Version availability |
|---|---|---|
| Battle for Azeroth | - | Unverified |
| Burning Crusade Classic | - | Unverified |
| Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary Edition | - | Unverified |
| Cataclysm | - | Unverified |
| Cataclysm Classic | - | Unverified |
| Dragonflight | - | Unverified |
| Legion | - | Unverified |
| Midnight | - | Unverified |
| Midnight | - | Unverified |
| Mists of Pandaria | - | Unverified |
| Mists of Pandaria Classic | - | Unverified |
| Season of Discovery | - | Unverified |
| Season of Mastery | - | Unverified |
| Shadowlands | - | Unverified |
| The Burning Crusade | - | Unverified |
| The Last Titan | - | Unverified |
| The War Within | - | Unverified |
| Titan Reforged | - | Unverified |
| Warlords of Draenor | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic 20th Anniversary | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Era | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Hardcore | - | Unverified |
| WoW Classic Hardcore Anniversary | - | Unverified |
| WoW Vanilla | - | Unverified |
| World of Warcraft: Forever | - | Unverified |
| Wrath of the Lich King | 3.3.5a · 12340 | Confirmed in this source |
| Wrath of the Lich King Classic | - | Unverified |
Each row follows its own published source context. An announcement does not confirm final client mechanics.