About this path
Any spec can level. This guide follows Affliction, using the talents and changes Blizzard has confirmed for WoW Forever.
Affliction spreads damage over time across enemies and drains health back, so you rarely need to stop and rest. Curse of Exhaustion at 16 points slows anything that reaches you, and Wrack at 31 points makes your other damage over time tick faster.
Leveling tips
- Send your pet in, then stack your effects: Corruption, your Bane, Immolate.
- Only one Bane per target. Curse of Agony is now a Bane, so pick the right one.
- Life Tap, then drain. Life Tap scales with Spirit; Drain Life brings the health back.
- Farm Soul Shards with Drain Soul on dying enemies; kills are the reliable way to get them.
- Put your damage over time up before Wrack. Since November 10, Corruption, Siphon Life and Bane of Agony tick 100% faster while you channel Wrack.
- Tougher demons. On November 10 the Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus and Incubus got about 15% more health.
Talent plan
Your first talent point comes at level 10, one per level after that, so milestone talents arrive at 20, 25, 30 and 40. The table lists the Affliction milestones Blizzard has confirmed. A full point-by-point order will be added after we check the tree in the live game.