Mists of Pandaria Classic Affliction Warlock Spell Summary

Affliction Warlock has a plethora of spells available to them and more than most other classes. Knowing your important spells and when to use them is a crucial part of playing a Warlock. The sections below aim to show you your most important spells by each category and give you a brief example of what each spell does.

As an Affliction Warlock, you will be mainly dealing damage. These are all of your main damaging spells that you will want to focus on using. If you don't see a spell listed, then you will never use it.

• Malefic Grasp — This is your main filler spell that's casted while waiting to reapply your DoT. This does moderate damage over 4 seconds, but most importantly, also makes your DoTs instantly tick for 30% of their normal periodic damage every second while channeling Malefic Grasp.
• Drain Soul — On it's own it's bad, but if the target is below 20% Health, Drain Soul will not only do 100% more damage, but will also make your DoTs instantly deal 60% of their normal damage. As you can imagine, this will be used as your filler instead Malefic Grasp once the target is under 20% HP.
• Corruption — One of your main Damage over Time Spells. You want this up on the boss as close to 100% uptime as humanly possible.
• Unstable Affliction — Another one of your main Damage over Time Spells. You want this up on the boss as close to 100% uptime as humanly possible.
• Agony — The last of your main Damage over Time Spells. You want this up on the boss as close to 100% uptime as humanly possible
• Seed of Corruption — Your main AoE. This puts a seed on a target that blows up when enough damage is done or when the target dies or the Seed timer runs out. Upon explosion, it applies Corruption to all nearby enemies.
• Fel Flame — This is an instant cast spell that does moderate damage. This is typically used whenever moving for a mechanic and you don't need to reapply Corruption or Agony. ALWAYS BE CASTING!

Affliction Warlock doesn't have too many personal cooldowns, but the ones you have are some of the biggest cooldowns in the game.

• Dark Soul: Misery — Infuses your soul with the misery of fallen foes, increasing your spell haste by 30% for 20 sec.
• Summon Doomguard — This is a powerful cooldown that summons a massive Doomguardto fight for you for 60 seconds. This does extraordinarily high single-target damage to whatever target you're attacking.
• Summon Infernal — This is a powerful cooldown that summons a massive Infernal to fight for you for 60 seconds. This does extraordinarily high AoE damage attacks whatever you're attacking.
• Grimoire of Service — A talent that summons a second demon for 20 seconds.

In addition to your main spells and cooldowns, you also have many utility spells that can be game changing when used in the proper scenario. Make sure you understand each of the spells listed below to fully take advantage of your entire spellbook.

• Mortal Coil — Talent: This is an instant cast ability that not does damage and heals you for the damage done, but also forces it's target to run around in horror for 3 seconds. This is used frequently on the move simply to help give you some health back.
• Fear — This spell strikes Fear into the enemy, forcing it to run around in fear for 20 seconds. Any damage has a chance to break the fear and you can only have one target feared at a time.
• Howl of Terror — This is an AoE fear, much like Fear, but an fears 5 people.
• Demonic Gateway — Puts down two Demonic Gateways. If you click one, it will teleport you to the other side. Limit 5 charges. The portal generates one charges every 10 seconds and lasts 15 minutes.
• Curse of the Elements — This curses the target for 5 minutes, increasing the magical damage taken by the target by 5% for 5 minutes. Can only have 1 curse active per target.
• Curse of Enfeeblement — Reduces the target physical damage by 10% and increases the casting time of all spells by 50% (10% on player targets) for 30 seconds. Can only have 1 curse active per target.
• Health Funnel — This spell transfers some of your health and gives it to your demon.
• Ritual of Summoning — This will put down a soulwell that anyone in your party or raid can click to get a Healthstone. You must have two other people to click the Soulwell to summon it.
• Banish — Banishes any demon, aberration or elemental for up to 30 seconds, making it not be able to do anything, including take damage.
• Create Soulwell — Puts down a Soulwell that your party/raid members can click to obtain a Healthstone.
• Create Soulstone — This creates a Soulstone that you can either put on a party or raid member and when they die, they'll be able to resurrect. Or you can use this item on a dead member and it will battleres them.
• Subjugate Demon — Forces a Demon to fight for you for 5 minutes. The subjugated demon's attacks is increased by 30% and it's casting pseed slowed by 20%.
• Demonic Circle — This spell allows you to put a Demonic Circle on the ground for 8 minutes and you can use Demonic Circle: Teleport to teleport to that spot. This has a 40 yard range and you get a 50% movement speed buff for 8 seconds after if you use Soulburn with it.
• Soulshatter — A spell that reduces your threat by 90% for all enemies within 50 yards. Use this when you're about to pull threat.

There is not many buffs that Warlocks get in MoP Classic, but the ones you do have are pretty important.

• Dark Intent — Infuses all party and raid members with shadow, increasing their spell power by 10% and Stamina by 10% for 1 hour.
• Unending Resolve — Hardens your skin, reducing all damage taken by 40% and prevents your spells from being interrupted or silenced for 8 seconds.
• Twilight Ward — Gives you shield that will absorb a big chunk of Shadow and Holy damage. Lasts 30 second.
• Unending Breath — This is a buff that you can apply to anyone that grants you 20% increased Swim speed. The target also gains swim speed if using Glyph of Unending Breath.