Some useful information that you should know about Warlocks in Cataclysm.

- Hit cap is 17% now
- Shadow bolt rotation– Int >> Haste > Spellpower >> Mastery >> Crit
- Drain life rotation — Int > Mastery > Haste > Spellpower >>> Crit
- Shadowbolt filler is better then drain life because of shadow embrace.
- Spirit is worthless no gain from it whatsoever HEALER STAT!
- Use succy now
- You can summon guardians to help fight along side you during fight they don’t take away summoned demons so you can have Succy and doomguard up at same time.
- You won’t really need soul burn besides to re-summon pet unless you do drain life rotation
First off you might as well replace all of your 10int+10 spirit gems with 10 int +10 hit since spirit is completely Useless. Other then that it’s same basic rule with gemming that 20 int is better then a 5 sp socket bonus.

Spell Rotation

Here are two different sets of rotations. Use the one that fits your playstyle and character better.  You will get a feel as to which one works better for you.

Rotation 1:

• Corruption > Bane of Agony > Unstable Affliction > Haunt > Shadowbolt x2
• Drain Soul WHen Target is Below 25%
• Shadowbolt is your filler spell.

Rotation 2:

• Corruption
• Haunt
• Unstable Affliction
• Bane of Agony(wait for it to drop off before reapplying)
• Shadow Embrace (IE: Shadow bolt if its not at 3 stacks)
• Drain Soul when mob is below 25% health.
• Shadow Bolt or Drain Life

Cataclysm Affliction Warlock Leveling Build

Level 85 Warlock (32/3/6) (Link)

Affliction (32 Points)

Doom and Gloom – Rank 2/2
Increases the critical strike chance of your Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom by 8%.

Improved Life Tap – Rank 2/2
Increases the amount of Mana awarded by your Life Tap spell by 20%.

Improved Corruption – Rank 3/3
Increases the damage done by your Corruption by 12%.

Jinx – Rank 2/2
Your Curse of the Elements also effects up to 15 nearby enemy targets within 40 yards of the cursed target.

Also, your Curse of Weakness reduces the targets energy, rage, focus or runic power generation by 10% while active.

Soul Siphon – Rank 2/2
Increases the amount drained by your Drain Life and Drain Soul spells by an additional 6% for each of your Affliction effects on the target, up to a maximum of 18% additional effect.

Siphon Life – Rank 2/2
When you deal damage with your Corruption spell, you have a 50% chance to be healed for 2% of your total health.

Eradication – Rank 3/3
When you deal damage with Corruption, you have 6% chance to increase your spell casting speed by 20% for 10 sec.

Soul Swap – Rank 1/1
You instantly deal 0 damage, and remove your shadow damage-over-time effects from the target.

For 20 sec afterwards, the next target you cast Soul Swap: Exhale on will be afflicted by the shadow damage-over-time effects and suffer 0 damage.

You cannot Soul Swap to the same target.

Shadow Embrace – Rank 3/3
Your Shadow Bolt and Haunt spells apply the Shadow Embrace effect, increasing all shadow periodic damage dealt to the target by you by 5%. Stacks up to 3 times.

Death’s Embrace – Rank 3/3
While at or below 25% health, your Drain Life heals an additional 3% of your total health.

Increases the damage done by your Shadow Spells by 12% when your target is at or below 25% health.

Nightfall – Rank 2/2
Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

Soulburn: Seed of Corruption – Rank 1/1
Grants the Soulburn empowerment to your Seed of Corruption spell.

Your Seed of Corruption detonation effect will afflict Corruption on all enemy targets. The Soul Shard will be refunded if the detonation is successful.

Everlasting Affliction – Rank 3/3
Increases the critical effect chance of your Corruption, Seed of Corruption and Unstable Affliction by 15%.

And your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Haunt spells have a 100% chance to reset the duration of your Corruption spell on the target.

Pandemic – Rank 2/2
Reduces the global cooldown of your Bane and Curse spells by .5 sec.

Your Drain Soul has a 100% chance to refresh the duration of your Unstable Affliction spell when dealing damage on targets below 25% health.

Haunt – Rank 1/1
You send a ghostly soul into the target, dealing ((($SP * 0.429) * 1.25) + 709) Shadow damage and increasing all damage done by your Shadow damage-over-time effects on the target by 20% for 12 sec. 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

Demonology (3 Points)

Demonic Embrace – Rank 3/3
Increases your total Stamina by 10%.

Destruction (6 Points)

Bane – Rank 3/3
Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Chaos Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 sec.

Shadow and Flame – Rank 3/3
Increases the damage done by your Shadow Bolt and Incinerate spells by 12%, and your Shadow Bolt has a 100% chance to cause the Improved Shadow Bolt effect to the target.

The Improved Shadow Bolt effect causes the target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance against that target by 5% for lasts 30 sec.

Glyphs

Glyph of Haunt (Prime Glyph)
The bonus damage granted by your Haunt spell is increased by an additional 3%.

Glyph of Corruption (Prime Glyph)
Your Corruption spell has a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

Glyph of Bane of Agony (Prime Glyph)
Increases the duration of your Bane of Agony by 4 sec.

Glyph of Life Tap (Major Glyph)
Reduces the global cooldown of your Life Tap by .5 sec.

Glyph of Soul Swap (Major Glyph)
Your Soul Swap leaves your damage-over-time spells behind on the target you Soul Swapped from, but gives Soul Swap a 10 sec cooldown.

Glyph of Shadow Bolt (Major Glyph)
Reduces the mana cost of your Shadow Bolt by 15%.

Glyph of Drain Soul (Minor Glyph)
Your Drain Soul restores 10% of your total mana after you kill a target that yields experience or honor.

Glyph of Unending Breath (Minor Glyph)
Increases the swim speed of targets affected by your Unending Breath spell by 20%.

Glyph of Ritual of Souls (Minor Glyph)
Reduces the mana cost of your Ritual of Souls spell by 70%.

Do You Want To Level Faster Like The Pros?

If you are having trouble leveling or need to level faster in WoW Cataclysm I highly suggest you check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide. It has the perfect leveling path that gets you to 85 faster and easier than any other way. No matter what level you are, you load the guide and it points with an arrow to the direction of each monster, quest giver, trainer etc. Its pretty crazy. It also has an in game box that tells you exactly what to do, like kill 5 boars, run west 10 miles, etc. If you dont have this in game add on guide, honestly, you are missing out. You can find out more here or check out the Zygor Cataclysm Leveling Guide Review.

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Here is the Level by Level Talent Guide for your warrior: If you want to level up your Warrior Faster you MUST check out this guide.

Link to the build here.

Start with the fury tree, and work your way down.  This build has about 5 points left over for you to play with that fits your playing style… Have fun!

Arms (3 points)

Improved Heroic Strike – Rank 3/3
Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 rage points.

Fury (53 points)

Armored to the Teeth – Rank 3/3
Increases your attack power by 3 for every 180 armor value you have.

Booming Voice – Rank 2/2
Increases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout, Demoralizing Shout and Commanding Shout by 50%.

Unbridled Wrath – Rank 5/5
Gives you a chance to generate an additional rage point when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Effect occurs more often than Unbridled Wrath (Rank 4).

Improved Cleave – Rank 3/3
Increases the bonus damage done by your Cleave ability by 120%.

Blood Craze – Rank 3/3
Regenerates 6% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike.

Commanding Presence – Rank 5/5
Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout and the health bonus of your Commanding Shout by 25%.

Improved Execute – Rank 2/2
Reduces the rage cost of your Execute ability by 5.

Enrage – Rank 5/5
Gives you a 30% chance to receive a 10% damage bonus for 12 sec after being the victim of a damaging attack. This effect does not stack with Wrecking Crew.

Precision – Rank 3/3
Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%.

Death Wish – Rank 1/1
When activated you become enraged, increasing your physical damage by 20% but increasing all damage taken by 5%. Lasts 30 sec.

Improved Intercept – Rank 2/2
Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec.

Improved Berserker Rage – Rank 2/2
The Berserker Rage ability will generate 20 rage when used.

Intensify Rage – Rank 3/3
Reduces the cooldown of your Bloodrage, Berserker Rage, Recklessness and Death Wish abilities by 33%.

Bloodthirst – Rank 1/1
Instantly attack the target causing [AP * 50 / 100] damage. In addition, the next 3 successful melee attacks will restore 1% of max health. This effect lasts 8 sec. Damage is based on your attack power.

Furious Attacks – Rank 2/2
Your normal melee attacks have a chance to reduce all healing done to the target by 25% for 10 sec. This can stack up to 2 times. This occurs more often than Furious Attacks (Rank 1).

Heroic Fury – Rank 1/1
Removes any Immobilization effects and refreshes the cooldown of your Intercept ability.

Rampage – Rank 1/1
Your melee critical hits cause you to go on a rampage, increasing ranged and melee critical hit chance of all party and raid members within 45 yds by 5%. Lasts 10 sec.

Bloodsurge – Rank 3/3
Your Heroic Strike, Bloodthirst, and Whirlwind hits have a 20% chance of making your next Slam instant for 5 sec.

Unending Fury – Rank 5/5
Increases the damage done by your Slam, Whirlwind and Bloodthirst abilities by 10%.

Titan’s Grip – Rank 1/1
Allows you to equip two-handed axes, maces and swords in one hand. While you have a two-handed weapon equipped in one hand, your physical damage done is reduced by 10%.

Protection (10 points)

Improved Bloodrage – Rank 2/2
Increases the rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%.

Shield Specialization – Rank 5/5
Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 5% and has a 100% chance to generate 2 rage when a block occurs.

Improved Thunder Clap – Rank 3/3
Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4 rage points and increases the damage by 30% and the slowing effect by an additional 10%.

If you are having trouble leveling your warrior I highly suggest you check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide because it has a perfect warrior leveling path that gets you to 80 faster and easier than any other way.  No matter what level you are, you load the thing and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc.  Its pretty crazy.  It also has an in game box that tells you exactly what to do, like kill 5 boars, run west 10 miles, etc.  You can find out more here or check out the review.

Warlock Level Guide

Welcome Warlocks!  To the 1-80 Leveling spec talent tree guide for heavy Affliction Talent build with a little Destruction added in there as well.  This build is good for PVP as it has high dps, but very good for PVE as it is high in mana conservation…   We use drain life over shadow bolt as it conserves way more mana, this accounts for higher dps output the longer a fight goes.  We also put full talent points into Eradication and Death’s Embrace for added DPS.  Also remember to try to drink and eat as little as possible over time as this slows down leveling times.  You can play your Warlock how you want, but try to experiment spell combos that allow you to kill and move on to the next monster with as little down time as possible.

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The Spell combo you want to use is:   Haunt –> Siphon Life –> CoA/CoE –> Corruption –> Unstable –> Haunt again –> Immolate. Drain life until you get Nightfall and then repeat. Keep unstable, Corruption, and CoA cast at all times, as they are your top daWarlock dealers, along with Haunt.  Experiment with your own paying style to increase killing over time.

Here is the Level by Level Talent Guide for your Warlock: If you want to level up your Warlock Faster you MUST check out this guide.

Link to the Build

Affliction (59 points)

10    1/2 Improved Curse of Agony
11    2/2 Improved Curse of Agony
12    1/3 Suppression
13    2/3 Suppression
14    3/3 Suppression
15    1/5 Improved Corruption
16    2/5 Improved Corruption
17    3/5 Improved Corruption
18    4/5 Improved Corruption
19    5/5 Improved Corruption
20    1/2 Improved Life Tap
21    2/2 Improved Life Tap
22    1/2 Soul Siphon
23    2/2 Soul Siphon
24    1/1 Amplify Curse
25    1/2 Grim Reach
26    2/2 Grim Reach
27    1/2 Nightfall
28    2/2 Nightfall
29    1/3 Empowered Corruption
30    2/3 Empowered Corruption
31    3/3 Empowered Corruption
32    1/5 Shadow Embrace
33    2/5 Shadow Embrace
34    3/5 Shadow Embrace
35    4/5 Shadow Embrace
36    5/5 Shadow Embrace
37    1/1 Siphon Life
38    1/2 Improved Felhunter
39    2/2 Improved Felhunter
40    1/5 Shadow Mastery
41    2/5 Shadow Mastery
42    3/5 Shadow Mastery
43    4/5 Shadow Mastery
44    5/5 Shadow Mastery
45    1/3 Eradication
46    2/3 Eradication
47    3/3 Eradication
48    1/5 Contagion
49    2/5 Contagion
50    3/5 Contagion
51    4/5 Contagion
52    5/5 Contagion
53    1/3 Malediction
54    2/3 Malediction
55    3/3 Malediction
56    1/3 Death's Embrace
57    2/3 Death's Embrace
58    3/3 Death's Embrace
59    1/1 Unstable Affliction
60    1/3 Pandemic
61    2/3 Pandemic
62    3/3 Pandemic
63    1/5 Everlasting Affliction
64    2/5 Everlasting Affliction
65    3/5 Everlasting Affliction
66    4/5 Everlasting Affliction
67    5/5 Everlasting Affliction
68    1/1 Haunt

Destruction (10 points)

69    1/5 Improved Shadow Bolt
70    2/5 Improved Shadow Bolt
71    3/5 Improved Shadow Bolt
72    4/5 Improved Shadow Bolt
73    5/5 Improved Shadow Bolt
74    1/3 Molten Core
75    2/3 Molten Core
76    1/3 Cataclysm
77    2/3 Cataclysm
78    3/3 Cataclysm

Demonology (2 points)

79    1/2 Improved Healthstone
80    2/2 Improved Healthstone

If you are having trouble leveling your Warlock I highly suggest you check out Zygor’s Leveling Guide because it has a perfect Warlock leveling path that gets you to 80 faster and easier than any other way.  No matter what level you are, you load the thing and it points with an arrow the direction to each monster, quest giver, trainer etc.  Its pretty crazy.  It also has an in game box that tells you exactly what to do, like kill 5 boars, run west 10 miles, etc.  You can find out more here or check out the review.