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Warlock rotation in WoW Forever

5 Warlock fights in the trainer: Affliction at level 20, Destruction at level 20, Affliction at level 60, Demonology at level 60 and Destruction at level 60.

  • ManaMana is the long game. Keep your damage over time effects ticking, use your big cooldowns on time and fill the gaps with your cheapest spell.

Keep going with the Talent Calculator, your Talent Path and everything about the Warlock.

Affliction at level 20

Training dummy, your Voidwalker on it

Wand or dagger, Voidwalker, Improved Corruption from your Talent Path at 20.

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Bane of AgonyCorruptionImmolateShadow Bolt

Priority

  1. Bane of Agony first: cheap and long, its damage builds up over 24 seconds.

  2. Corruption on the target at all times. In Forever it can crit.

  3. Immolate last: its direct hit pulls the most threat, let your Voidwalker hold the target first.

  4. Life Tap when your mana runs low and your health is fine: health into mana, and your DoTs keep ticking.

  5. Drain Life when your health drops below half: it heals you while your DoTs keep working.

  6. Shadow Bolt to fill the gaps while your DoTs roll.

Tips

  • Send the Voidwalker in first and let it take the pull before your spells land.
  • Finish with your wand between casts. It costs no mana, but spell power does not raise its damage in the beta.
  • Drain Soul can give you a Soul Shard on every tick. Each tick without one raises the chance, until a shard is sure.
Practise this fight

Destruction at level 20

Training dummy, your Voidwalker on it

Wand or dagger, Voidwalker, Bane from your Talent Path at 20 for a faster Shadow Bolt.

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Opener

ImmolateShadow Bolt

Priority

  1. Immolate first so its burn runs while you cast.

  2. Target under 20% and a Soul Shard in your bag: Shadowburn finishes it instantly.

  3. Life Tap when your mana runs low and your health is fine: health into mana, and your DoTs keep ticking.

  4. Shadow Bolt as your main spell. Bane cuts its cast time.

Tips

  • Cast Immolate early so Shadowburn is ready by the time the target is low.
  • Destructive Reach adds range in Forever, but Fear only reaches 20 yards for now.
  • Cataclysm makes your Destruction spells 10% cheaper, so Shadow Bolt and Immolate last longer on one bar of mana.
Practise this fight

Affliction at level 60

Training dummy, your Felhunter on it

Spell power gear, Felhunter, the Deep Affliction build with Nightfall and Wrack.

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Opener

Bane of AgonyCorruptionSiphon LifeWrackShadow Bolt

Priority

  1. Shadow Trance: your next Shadow Bolt is instant. Fire it right away.

  2. Corruption before it drops: your hardest DoT with Shadow Mastery, and Pandemic doubles its crit bonus.

  3. Bane of Agony refreshed as soon as it runs out.

  4. Siphon Life: more damage over time that heals you.

  5. Wrack while your DoTs roll: it hurts on its own and makes the target take more from them for 6 seconds.

  6. Life Tap when your mana runs low and your health is fine: health into mana, and your DoTs keep ticking.

  7. Shadow Bolt to fill the time between refreshes.

Tips

  • Pandemic doubles the crit bonus of Corruption, Bane of Agony, the Drains, Siphon Life and Wrack. Keep them all rolling.
  • Wrack is new in Forever: treat it as part of your DoT cycle, not as a burst button.
  • Nightfall gives Corruption and Wrack a chance to make your next Shadow Bolt instant.
Practise this fight

Demonology at level 60

Training dummy, your Succubus on it

Spell power gear, Succubus with Demonic Pact and Master Demonologist, Improved Shadow Bolt.

Action bar

Opener

CorruptionImmolateShadow Bolt

Priority

  1. Corruption on the target, steady damage while your demon does the heavy lifting.

  2. Immolate for Fire damage on top.

  3. Life Tap when your mana runs low and your health is fine: health into mana, and your DoTs keep ticking.

  4. Shadow Bolt as your main spell. Its crits leave the Improved Shadow Bolt debuff for 20% more Shadow damage.

Tips

  • Sacrifice the Imp for Demonic Sacrifice, then summon the Succubus. Demonic Pact keeps the sacrifice bonus while she fights.
  • Soul Link shares part of the damage you take with your demon. Keep it up whenever you expect hits.
  • The Improved Shadow Bolt debuff only boosts your own damage in the beta, not your group's.
Practise this fight

Destruction at level 60

Training dummy, your Succubus on it

Spell power and crit gear, the Shadowflame build with Ruin, Shadow and Flame and Incinerate.

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ImmolateConflagrateShadow Bolt

Priority

  1. Immolate once, Conflagrate needs it and no longer eats it with Shadow and Flame.

  2. Conflagrate every time it is ready: a big Fire hit, and Shadow and Flame gives you 10% more Shadow damage for 20 seconds.

  3. Under 20%: Shadowburn, and Shadow and Flame refunds the shard at once.

  4. Life Tap when your mana runs low and your health is fine: health into mana, and your DoTs keep ticking.

  5. Shadow Bolt while Shadow and Flame is up. Ruin doubles your crit bonus.

  6. Incinerate otherwise: 25% more damage while Immolate burns.

Tips

  • Shadow and Flame is the whole build: Conflagrate keeps Immolate and gives 10% more Shadow damage, Shadowburn 10% more Fire damage, each for 20 seconds.
  • Ruin doubles the crit bonus of your Destruction spells, so crit gear counts more than usual.
  • Bane of Havoc marks a second target so your spells hit it too, useful when two adds stand close.
Practise this fight

What changes from level 20 to 60

The same spec at 20 and at 60: which buttons join the bar and which leave it.

Affliction

New at 60Siphon LifeWrack

Off the barImmolateDrain Life

Destruction

New at 60ConflagrateIncinerate

Rotation questions

What is the best Warlock rotation in WoW Forever?

For example Affliction at level 60: open with Bane of Agony, Corruption, Siphon Life, Wrack, Shadow Bolt, then mostly Shadow Bolt, Corruption, Bane of Agony and Siphon Life. The trainer shows every button with the reason behind it.

How do you play a Warlock at level 20?

Affliction at level 20: open with Bane of Agony, Corruption, Immolate, Shadow Bolt, then Bane of Agony, Corruption, Immolate and Drain Life. The beta is open to level 30 now.

How does the Rotation Trainer work?

A training dummy with endless health. You play it yourself with the mouse, by tapping or on your own keys. With Autoplay the priority list presses the buttons and explains each one.

Can I play the rotation myself?

Yes, that is how the trainer starts. The glowing button is your first press, tips show the next one after that, and a comparison measures your damage against the priority list.

Which fights can I practise as a Warlock?

Affliction at level 20, Destruction at level 20, Affliction at level 60, Demonology at level 60 and Destruction at level 60.

What resource does the Warlock use?

Mana. The trainer shows live how it changes with every button.

Why a training dummy and not a boss?

The dummy never dies, so you practise the rotation without time pressure and see every step. Effects that need a kill stay dark here.

What does the "Target under 20%" switch do?

It sets the dummy to low health. Then the buttons for the end of a fight join in: Shadowburn.

Are the numbers in the trainer exact?

Costs, cooldowns and effects of the buttons come from Forever. The damage is a rounded example, and level 60 is not open in the beta yet.

Which gear and talents does the trainer assume?

Affliction at level 20: Wand or dagger, Voidwalker, Improved Corruption from your Talent Path at 20. Affliction at level 60: Spell power gear, Felhunter, the Deep Affliction build with Nightfall and Wrack.

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What changed

Updated

  • A link to where your class trains and learns its weapons, on its class guide.

  • Drain Soul's Soul Shard chance rises with every tick until a shard is sure, and Shadow Bolt at 20 uses its new rank value.

  • Bane and Cataclysm make Shadow Bolt, Immolate and Incinerate faster and cheaper, Shadowburn uses its level 60 rank, Shadow and Flame gives Shadow damage from Conflagrate and Fire damage from Shadowburn.

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