Demonology Warlock Talent Build & Glyphs
The 0/54/17 Demonology Warlock build for WotLK 3.3.5a, point by point. It is already loaded in the calculator below, so you can change a talent, try another build or copy a link to share it.
- 0/54/17 main build
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3.3.5a · LEVEL 80
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About the Demonology Warlock build
Demonology Warlock is a 0/54/17 build: fifty-four points in Demonology and seventeen in Destruction. The spec is defined by Demonic Pact, Metamorphosis, Summon Felguard, Molten Core, Decimation and Demonic Empowerment. There is one build in the calculator, and the major glyphs are Life Tap, Felguard and Quick Decay, with Metamorphosis as an alternative.
- 0/54/17main build
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- 6glyphs
- 71points at level 80
Every talent in the main Demonology Warlock build
This is the 0/54/17 build, talent by talent, with what each one does at the rank the build takes. Talents are listed from the top of each tree to the bottom. The Affliction tree gets no points in this build.
Demonology54 points
| Talent | Rank | What it does at this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Improved Healthstone | 2/2 | Increases the amount of Health restored by your Healthstone by 20%. |
| Demonic Embrace | 3/3 | Increases your total Stamina by 10%. |
| Fel Synergy | 2/2 | You have a 100% chance to heal your pet for 15% of the amount of spell damage done by you. |
| Demonic Brutality | 3/3 | Increases the effectiveness of your Voidwalker's Torment, Consume Shadows, Sacrifice and Suffering spells by 30%, and increases the attack power bonus on your Felguard's Demonic Frenzy effect by 3%. |
| Fel Vitality | 3/3 | Increases the Stamina and Intellect of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard by 15% and increases your maximum health and mana by 3%. |
| Soul Link | 1/1 | 16% of base mana · 100 yd range · Instant castWhen active, 20% of all damage taken by the caster is taken by your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter, Felguard, or enslaved demon instead. That damage cannot be prevented. Lasts as long as the demon is active and controlled. |
| Demonic Aegis | 3/3 | Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Armor and Fel Armor spells by 30%. |
| Unholy Power | 5/5 | Increases the damage done by your Voidwalker, Succubus, Felhunter and Felguard's melee attacks and your Imp's Firebolt by 20%. |
| Mana Feed | 1/1 | InstantWhen you gain mana from Drain Mana or Life Tap spells, your summoned demon gains 100% of the mana you gain. |
| Master Conjuror | 2/2 | Increases the combat ratings gained from your conjured Firestone and Spellstone by 300%. |
| Master Demonologist | 5/5 | Grants both the Warlock and the summoned demon an effect as long as that demon is active. · Imp - Increases your fire damage by 5%, and increases the critical effect chance of your fire spells by 5%. · Voidwalker - Reduces physical damage taken by 10%. · Succubus - Increases your shadow damage by 5%, and increases the critical effect chance of your shadow spells by 5%. · Felhunter - Reduces all spell damage taken by 10%.Felguard - Increases all damage done by 5%, and reduces all damage taken by 5%. |
| Molten Core | 3/3 | Increases the duration of your Immolate by 9 sec, and you have a 12% chance to gain the Molten Core effect when your Corruption deals damage. The Molten Core effect empowers your next 3 Incinerate or Soul Fire spells cast within 15 sec. · Incinerate - Increases damage done by 18% and reduces cast time by 30%.Soul Fire - Increases damage done by 18% and increases critical strike chance by 15%. |
| Demonic Empowerment | 1/1 | Grants the Warlock's summoned demon Empowerment. · Imp - Increases the Imp's spell critical strike chance by 20% for 30 sec. · Voidwalker - Increases the Voidwalker's health by 20%, and its threat generated from spells and attacks by 20% for 20 sec. · Succubus - Instantly vanishes, causing the Succubus to go into an improved Invisibility state. The vanish effect removes all stuns, snares and movement impairing effects from the Succubus. · Felhunter - Dispels all magical effects from the Felhunter.Felguard - Increases the Felguard's attack speed by 20% and breaks all stun, snare and movement impairing effects and makes your Felguard immune to them for 15 sec. |
| Demonic Knowledge | 3/3 | Increases your spell damage by an amount equal to 12% of the total of your active demon's Stamina plus Intellect. |
| Demonic Tactics | 5/5 | Increases melee and spell critical strike chance for you and your summoned demon by 10%. |
| Decimation | 2/2 | When you Shadowbolt, Incinerate or Soul Fire a target that is at or below 35% health, the cast time of Soul Fire spell is reduced by 40% for 10 sec. Soul Fires cast under the effect of Decimation cost no shard. |
| Summon Felguard | 1/1 | 80% of base Mana · 10 sec castSummons a Felguard under the command of the Warlock. |
| Nemesis | 3/3 | Reduces the cooldown of your Demonic Empowerment, Metamorphosis, and Fel Domination spells by 30%. |
| Demonic Pact | 5/5 | Increases your spell damage by 10%, and your pet's criticals apply the Demonic Pact effect to your party or raid members. Demonic Pact increases spell power by 10% of your Spell Damage for 45 sec. This effect has a 20 sec cooldown. Does not work on Enslaved demons. |
| Metamorphosis | 1/1 | InstantYou transform into a Demon for 30 sec. This form increases your armor by 600%, damage by 20%, reduces the chance you'll be critically hit by melee attacks by 6% and reduces the duration of stun and snare effects by 50%. You gain some unique demon abilities in addition to your normal abilities. 3 minute cooldown. |
Destruction17 points
| Talent | Rank | What it does at this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Improved Shadow Bolt | 5/5 | Increases the damage done by your Shadow Bolt spell by 10%, and your Shadow Bolt has a 100% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to spell damage, increasing spell critical strike chance against that target by 5%. Effect lasts 30 sec. |
| Bane | 5/5 | Reduces the casting time of your Shadow Bolt, Chaos Bolt and Immolate spells by 0.5 sec and your Soul Fire spell by 2 sec. |
| Ruin | 5/5 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Destruction spells and your Imp's Firebolt spell by 100%. |
| Intensity | 2/2 | Reduces the pushback suffered from damaging attacks while casting or channeling any Destruction spell by 70%. |
Demonology Warlock glyphs
Major glyphs
Glyph of Life TapWhen you use Life Tap or Dark Pact, you gain 20% of your Spirit as spell power for 40 sec.
Glyph of FelguardIncreases the Felguard's total attack power by 20%.
Glyph of Quick DecayYour haste now reduces the time between periodic damage ticks of your Corruption spell.
Other major options: Glyph of Metamorphosis.
Minor glyphs
Glyph of Demonic CircleReduces the cooldown on Demonic Circle by 4 sec.
Glyph of SoulsReduces the mana cost of your Ritual of Souls spell by 70%.
Glyph of Unending BreathIncreases the swim speed of targets affected by your Unending Breath spell by 20%.
Demonology Warlock talents FAQ
QWhat is the best Demonology Warlock talent build in WotLK 3.3.5a?
Our main build is 0/54/17: 0 points in Affliction, 54 in Demonology and 17 in Destruction. The deepest talents it takes are Metamorphosis, Demonic Pact, Summon Felguard and Nemesis. The calculator on this page loads it, and you can change any point to see what it costs.
QWhich glyphs should a Demonology Warlock use?
The main build uses Glyph of Life Tap, Glyph of Felguard and Glyph of Quick Decay as major glyphs and Glyph of Demonic Circle, Glyph of Souls and Glyph of Unending Breath as minor glyphs. Options for a different fight or gearing are Glyph of Metamorphosis.
QHow should a Demonology Warlock split talent points?
Level 80 gives 71 talent points. The main build spends them as 0/54/17 across Affliction, Demonology and Destruction. There is one build for this spec in the calculator, so the list above is the whole plan.