Blizzard · Oct 7 · posted with build 70245
Class deep dives: Rogue and Warlock
103 notes, each checked against the game files of build 1.60.1.70291. The note is Blizzard's wording; "The files" is what the client data shows. Read the original post.
Baseline Abilities
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Poisons
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Charges increased on all poisons.
The files Every poison with charges has 50% more in 70291: Instant Poison VI 115 to 175, Deadly Poison V 120 to 180, Wound Poison IV 105 to 160 and Mind-numbing Poison III 100 to 150 (enchant charges). Crippling Poison has no charges in either client.
Instant Poison VI
Deadly Poison V
Wound Poison
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Poisons can now be applied to weapons at the same time as temporary enchantments like Weightstones and Sharpening Stones.
The files Poisons apply their enchant through effect 360 in 70291 (Instant Poison VI 11340, Crippling Poison 3408), where Classic Era used the temporary enchant effect 54. Sharpening Stones and Weightstones keep effect 54 (spells 16138 and 16622), so the two sit in separate slots.
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Feint: Threat reduction doubled.
The files Threat reduction went up five times instead of doubling: rank 5 from 800 to 4000 and rank 1 from 150 to 750, with the per-level part from 1 to 5 (threat effect, spells 25302 and 1966). Cower and Disengage show an exact doubling in the same comparison.
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Sap: Using this ability no longer breaks Stealth.
The files All three Sap ranks gained the 'does not break stealth' attribute flag that Distract carries (Attributes_1 0x20), and the tooltip ends with 'Does not break Stealth.' Classic's Sap had neither.
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Distract: This ability now also causes affected enemies to have reduced Stealth detection for 10 seconds. However, this debuff also means player enemies will now know there is a Rogue nearby to look for.
The files Distract (1725) gained a second effect and a 10 sec duration: the tooltip reads 'reducing their Stealth detection as if they were 1 level lower for 10 seconds', and the debuff shows as 'Stealth detection reduced.' on the target.
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Expose Armor: Armor reduction increased to match the armor reduction caused by 5 applications of Sunder Armor at approximately the same level.
The files At 5 combo points Expose Armor removes 450, 900, 1350, 1800 and 2250 armor at ranks 1 to 5 (Classic 400 to 1700), five times Sunder Armor ranks 1 to 5 (90 to 450 per stack, learned at 10 to 58 against Expose Armor's 14 to 56). Build 70291 moved the armor effect from aura 22 to aura 674 with the same amounts.
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Axes: Rogues can now learn to equip one-handed axes. This increase in itemization choices lets us make a more diverse offering of weapons and know that Rogues will still benefit. Rogues as an archetype include brigands and outlaws, who often make use of axes in fantasy and medieval storytelling.
The files One-Handed Axes (196) adds the Rogue bit to its class mask in 70291 (71 to 79), and the Axes skill rows 629 and 630 go from Warrior only (1) to Warrior and Rogue (9). Rogues get One-Handed Axes from level 1.
Assassination
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Improved Gouge: Moved to row 1 of Assassination from Combat.
The files Improved Gouge (13741) sits in Assassination row 1 in 70291; Classic had it in Combat row 1. Its 0.5/1/1.5 sec bonus is unchanged.
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Remorseless Attacks: Now also affects Mutilate.
The files Remorseless Attacks (14144) lists Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush, Mutilate and Ghostly Strike at 20/40% crit (tooltip). Classic's list had no Mutilate.
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Malice: Now increases your critical strike chance with all attacks and Poisons, instead of just melee attacks.
The files Malice (14138) switched from aura 52 (melee crit) to aura 290 (crit with everything), and the tooltip reads 'all attacks and Poisons' for 1-5%.
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Murder: Now also applies to Giants but no longer applies to Beasts and Dragonkin.
The files Beasts and Dragonkin are gone: the creature type mask went from 211 to 80 (Humanoid and Giant), at 2/4% damage (spell 14158). Giants aren't new, since Classic's mask and tooltip already covered them, and the bonus doubled from Classic's 1/2%.
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Improved Expose Armor: (Redesigned.) No longer increases the effectiveness of Expose Armor, instead reduces the Energy cost of Expose Armor and Expose Armor now refunds Combo Points when used with 5 Combo Points.
The files Improved Expose Armor (14168) cuts Expose Armor's Energy cost by 10 and refunds 2 Combo Points when cast with 5 (5/10 Energy and 1/2 points per rank, tooltip). Classic's version raised the armor reduction by 25/50%.
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Lethality: Now also applies to Mutilate. Bonus to critical damage also lowered some.
The files Lethality (14128) lists Mutilate and gives 4/8/12/16/20% crit damage bonus, down from Classic's 6% per point (30% at 5).
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Cold Blood: Moved from 21-point gold medal talent to 16-point gold medal talent. Now also applies to Mutilate.
The files Cold Blood (14177) needs 15 points in 70291 (Assassination row 4, the 16-point slot); Classic needed 20 (row 5). The tooltip adds Mutilate to Sinister Strike, Backstab, Ambush and Eviscerate.
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Improved Poisons: Now also grants a large chance for Poisons not to consume charges when triggered. We want Assassination to be a Poison-focused playstyle, so this helps their Poisons last much longer without needing to be reapplied.
The files Improved Poisons (14113) gives 2/4/6/8/10% more chance to apply Poisons and a 10/20/30/40/50% chance not to use a charge (tooltip). Classic had the 2% per point apply chance only.
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Vigor: Now a 2-point talent on row 5 instead of the 31-point gold medal talent. Same total effect.
The files Vigor (14983) is a 2-rank talent in Assassination row 5 (20 points) at +5/10 maximum Energy. Classic had 1 rank, +10 Energy, at 30 points (row 7).
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Mutilate: (New 21-point gold medal talent.) This 60 Energy Combo ability strikes with both hands as weapon damage from each weapon, but both must be daggers. This damage is increased against Poisoned targets and awards 2 Combo Points. Each hand has a chance to trigger various procs.
The files Mutilate (1310707) needs 20 points (Assassination row 5), costs 60 Energy, requires a dagger (item mask 32768), fires one strike per hand (spells 1310706 and 1310705), deals 20% more to Poisoned targets and awards 2 Combo Points. Which procs each hand can trigger is decided by the server.
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Improved Kidney Shot: The increased damage from this talent now applies only to your own attacks and Poisons.
The files Kidney Shot targets take 5/10% more damage 'from your poisons and attacks' (tooltip, spell 14174). Classic gave 3% per point from all sources over 3 ranks.
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Seal Fate: No longer requires Cold Blood as a pre-requisite. Note that Mutilate will trigger this exactly once if either or both hands generates a critical strike.
The files The Cold Blood requirement is gone: Classic's Seal Fate (talent 283) required Cold Blood (talent 280), and the 70291 node has no prerequisite. The once-per-Mutilate rule isn't in any field we can read.
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Venom: New 31-point gold medal talent. This new 25 Energy Finisher ability grants 30% increased damage to your Poisons and 10% increased chance to apply Poisons. Duration determined by number of Combo Points spent. Our expectation is that Assassination focuses its finishers on maintaining Venom and Slice and Dice, and damaging finishers like Rupture and Eviscerate are a lower priority. Other Rogue builds would put more emphasis on those damaging Finishers.
The files Venom (1310703) needs 30 points (Assassination row 7, after Mutilate), costs 25 Energy, raises Poison damage by 30% and Poison apply chance by 10%, and lasts 9 to 21 sec by combo points (tooltip). The finisher priorities are design intent.
Combat
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Improved Eviscerate: Moved to row 1 from Assassination . Damage bonus increased.
The files Improved Eviscerate (14162) is Combat row 1 in 70291 (Classic: Assassination row 1), and the bonus rose from 5/10/15% to 7/13/20%.
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Puncturing Wounds: (Formerly Improved Backstab.) Now also increases Mutilate crit chance by a lesser percentage, and gives Backstab a chance to grant an additional Combo Point.
The files Puncturing Wounds (1224716) takes Improved Backstab's spot (Combat row 2, column 1): Backstab crit +10/20/30% as before, Mutilate crit +5/10/15%, and a 15/30/45% chance for Backstab to add a Combo Point (tooltip).
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Deflection: Now grants twice as much Parry chance per point.
The files Deflection (13713) gives 2/4/6% Parry over 3 ranks; Classic gave 1% per point over 5, so the top value went from 5% to 6%.
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Precision: Now increases chance to hit with all spells and attacks, including Poisons, instead of just melee weapon attacks.
The files Precision (13705) gained a spell hit effect (aura 55) next to Classic's melee hit effect (aura 54), and the tooltip drops 'with melee weapons'. The line leaves out the cut from 5 ranks (5%) to 3 ranks (3%).
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Endurance: Now reduces Sprint and Evasion cooldown by a percentage, resulting in a larger total reduction for both.
The files Endurance (13742) cuts Sprint and Evasion cooldowns by 30/60% (aura 108) instead of 45/90 sec (aura 107). Both have 5 min cooldowns, so 2 points save 3 min instead of 1.5.
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Flawless Execution: New 16-point gold medal talent. Reduces the Energy cost of Eviscerate by 10.
The files Flawless Execution (1310711) is a 1-rank Combat talent at 15 points (row 4, the 16-point slot) and reduces Eviscerate's Energy cost by 10 (tooltip).
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Dual Wield Specialization: Increase to off-hand damage reduced.
The files Dual Wield Specialization (13715) gives 5% off-hand damage per point (25% at 5); Classic gave 10% per point (50%).
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Hack and Slash: This new row 5 talent combines the benefits of the removed talents Dagger Specialization, Mace Specialization, Sword Specialization, and Fist Weapon Specialization, and also adds a bonus for Axes. Axes gain the same benefit as Swords, a chance to make an extra attack. The bonus for Maces causes attacks to ignore some of the target’s armor, rather than provide a chance to Stun.
The files Hack and Slash (13960) is Combat row 5 (20 points): Axe and Sword 1-5% chance for an extra attack, Dagger and Fist 1-5% crit, Mace ignores 3-15% of armor (tooltip). Dagger, Mace and Fist Weapon Specialization are gone from the tree, and Hack and Slash reuses Sword Specialization's spell ID.
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Weapon Expertise: (Redesigned.) Now reduces the chance for a target to Dodge or Parry your attacks.
The files Weapon Expertise (30919) reduces the chance for your attacks to be Dodged or Parried by 1/2% (tooltip). Classic gave +3 weapon skill per point with Swords, Fist Weapons and Daggers.
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Aggression: Now also increases Backstab damage. We wanted the Combat specialization to support a Backstab-oriented build as well as a Sinister Strike-oriented build. So, this and several other talents gained more Backstab support.
The files Aggression (18427) lists Sinister Strike, Backstab and Eviscerate at 2/4/6%; Classic's tooltip had no Backstab.
Subtlety
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Camouflage: Moved from row 2 up to row 1.
The files Camouflage (13975) is Subtlety row 1 in 70291 and row 2 in Classic (talent node position).
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Master of Deception: Reduced from 5 talent points to 3 talent points for the same effect. The tooltip has been clarified to state the exact impact of the improvement to Stealth.
The files Master of Deception (13958) has 3 ranks at 5/10/15 stealth level, the same 15 as Classic's rank 5 (13973), and the tooltip reads 'as if you were 3 levels higher'.
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Opportunity: Now also affects Mutilate.
The files Opportunity (14057) lists Backstab, Garrote, Ambush and Mutilate (tooltip). The line leaves out the cut from 5 ranks at 4% (20%) to 2 ranks at 5/10%, and the 'when striking from behind' wording is gone.
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Setup: Chance to trigger increased so that 3 points grants 100% chance.
The files Setup (13983) gives a 33/67/100% chance; Classic was 15% per point (45% at 3).
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Dirty Tricks: Formerly Improved Sap. Moved from row 4 up to row 2. (Redesigned.) Sap never breaks Stealth now baseline. Instead, this talent reduces the Energy cost of Sap and Blind by a substantial amount.
The files Dirty Tricks (1224782) is Subtlety row 2 and cuts Sap and Blind Energy costs by 25/50% (Sap 65, Blind 30). Improved Sap, Classic's row 4 talent with a 30% chance to restealth, is gone, and Sap's tooltip says 'Does not break Stealth.'
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Improved Ambush: Moved from row 3 to row 2.
The files Improved Ambush (14079) is Subtlety row 2 in 70291 and row 3 in Classic, at +15/30/45% Ambush crit as before.
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Initiative: Chance for this to activate increased so that it has a 100% chance with 3 talent points.
The files Initiative (13976) gives a 33/67/100% chance; Classic was 25% per point (75% at 3).
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Ghostly Strike: Percentage damage done increased while a Dagger is equipped instead of another weapon.
The files Ghostly Strike (14278) deals 125% weapon damage, or 180% with a Dagger in the main hand (tooltip). Classic was 125% with any weapon.
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Improved Distract: (New row 3 talent.) Increases the radius of effect of your Distract, and Distracted enemies now suffer an increased penalty to their Stealth detection.
The files Improved Distract (14084) is a 2-rank Subtlety row 3 talent that isn't in the Classic Era tree: +5 yds Distract radius, and distracted enemies detect Stealth as though 2 more levels lower (tooltip).
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Heightened Senses: Moved from row 5 up to row 4. Tooltip clarified to describe the exact effect of the increased Stealth detection.
The files Heightened Senses (30894) is Subtlety row 4 in 70291 (Classic row 5). The tooltip reads 'Increases your Stealth detection as if you were 3 levels higher' (value 15 at 2 points) plus 4% less chance to be hit by spells and ranged attacks.
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Premeditation: Moved from 31-point gold medal talent to 16-point gold medal talent. Duration increased to 20 seconds.
The files Premeditation (14183) needs 15 points (Subtlety row 4, the 16-point slot) instead of 30 (row 7), and the combo points last 20 sec instead of 10 (tooltip and duration).
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Serrated Blades: Now ignores a specific percentage of your target’s armor, instead of a flat value—rising per level.
The files Serrated Blades (14171) ignores 3/6/9% of the target's armor; Classic ignored a flat 99 at level 60 that grew with level. The Rupture bonus is 10/20/30% as before.
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Dirty Deeds: Now also allows Garrote to be used when not behind your target.
The files Dirty Deeds (14082) adds 'your Garrote ability no longer requires you to be behind your target' to its 10/20 Energy cut (tooltip).
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Hemorrhage: Percentage damage done increased while a Dagger is equipped instead of another weapon. Now also increases your Rupture damage to the target for 15 seconds.
The files Hemorrhage (16511) deals 100% weapon damage, 145% with a Dagger, and makes the target take 15% more Rupture damage from you for 15 sec (tooltip). Classic's debuff added up to 3 Physical damage per hit for 30 charges.
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Quietus: (New row 6 talent.) Pre-requisite Dirty Deeds. Your Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike, and Hemorrhage abilities cause more damage to targets below 35% health.
The files Quietus (1310728) is Subtlety row 6, requires Dirty Deeds, and adds 2/4/6/8/10% damage to Sinister Strike, Ghostly Strike and Hemorrhage against targets below 35% health (tooltip).
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Cutthroat: (New row 6 talent.) Your Backstab has a chance to cause your next Ambush to not require Stealth.
The files Cutthroat (462708) is Subtlety row 6: Backstab has a 3-15% chance to let your next Ambush within 10 sec skip the Stealth requirement (tooltip).
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Thousand Cuts: New 31-point gold medal talent. Each time Rupture deals damage, the Energy cost of your next Hemorrhage or Backstab ability is reduced by 3 Energy, stacking up to 5 times.
The files Thousand Cuts (1310721) needs 30 points (Subtlety row 7); each Rupture tick lowers the next Hemorrhage or Backstab cost by 3 Energy, stacking 5 times (tooltip).
Baseline Abilities
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Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom are now Banes. Only one Bane can be active per Warlock on a single target. All effects that interacted with Curses now also interact with Banes.
The files Every Curse of Agony rank (980 to 11713) is named Bane of Agony and Curse of Doom (603) is Bane of Doom, each saying 'Only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.' Amplify Curse and Pandemic name Bane of Agony. The line skips a damage cut: Bane of Agony rank 6 deals 552 over 24 sec (Classic 1044) and Bane of Doom 1742 (Classic 3200).
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Curse of the Elements now applies to all magic damage.
The files Four new Curse of the Elements spells from level 20 (440892, 1311676, 1311677, 1311680) replace Classic's; rank 4 lowers all Magic resistances by 75 and raises Magic damage taken by 10% (school mask 126). Classic's rank 3 (11722) covered Fire and Frost only (mask 20).
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Curse of Shadows removed.
The files Classic's Curse of Shadow ranks (17862, 17937) and its old Curse of the Elements ranks aren't in 70291's spell tables, and no Warlock trainer spell carries the name.
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Firestone and Spellstone now apply Weapon Imbues, that can be stacked with other temporary enchantments like Wizard Oil. Firestone grants increased Fire damage and critical strike chance. Spellstone grants increased Shadow damage and spell haste.
The files Firestone (17949) and Spellstone (1237159) cast enchant effect 360, the one poisons use, while Wizard Oil (25122) keeps the temporary enchant effect 54. Major Firestone gives +2% spell crit and up to 21 Fire damage; Major Spellstone +2% spell haste and up to 21 Shadow damage (tooltips).
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Life Tap now scales with Spirit, and the amount of Mana from Spirit is correctly stated in its tooltip.
The files Every Life Tap rank shows the Spirit part: rank 6 (11689) converts 509 + 120% of Spirit Health into as much Mana (tooltip). Classic's rank 6 converted a flat 424 with no Spirit term.
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Drain Soul now has a progressive chance per tick to grant a Soul Shard (chance increases each time it doesn't happen, until guaranteed).
The files Drain Soul's tooltip says damaged targets have a chance to grant a Soul Shard and kills always grant one (spells 1120 to 11675). The rising chance per tick isn't in any field we can read; the server rolls it.
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Pets now scale from their summoner’s stats.
The files Pet stats are computed by the server. Warlock Pet Scaling (416189) sits on every demon skill line with all values at 0. Forever added a spell damage aura (135) to it, and build 70291 switched its health aura from 34 to 230.
Affliction
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Improved Life Tap: Moved from row 2 up to row 1.
The files Improved Life Tap (18182) is Affliction row 1 in 70291 and row 2 in Classic, at 10/20% more Mana.
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Suppression: (Redesigned) Improves your chance to hit by up to 5% and decreases your threat by up to 20%
The files Suppression (18174) gives 1-5% hit chance and 4-20% less threat (tooltip and rank values). Classic lowered the resist chance of Affliction spells by 2% per point.
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Improved Corruption: Now also increases Corruption’s damage to a maximum of 10%.
The files Improved Corruption (17810) adds 2/4/6/8/10% Corruption damage to the 0.4-2 sec cast time cut (tooltip).
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Malediction: (New row 2 talent.) Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells to a maximum of 5%.
The files Malediction (1225177) is Affliction row 2 at 1-5% more periodic damage from Warlock spells; it isn't in the Classic tree.
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Improved Drain Soul renamed to Soul Harvest.
The files Classic's Improved Drain Soul (18213, Affliction row 2, column 2) is gone from 70291, and Soul Harvest (437032) holds that spot: kills under Drain Soul give 50/100% more Mana regeneration for 10 sec and 50/100% regeneration while casting.
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Improved Drains: (New row 2 talent.) Increases Health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by up to 20%.
The files Improved Drains (403511) is Affliction row 2 and raises Drain Life, Drain Soul and Wrack by 7/13/20% (tooltip).
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Improved Bane of Agony): (Previously Improved Curse of Agony) Damage increased and now is 2 points instead of 3.
The files Improved Bane of Agony (18827) has 2 ranks at 5/10%; Classic's Improved Curse of Agony had 3 ranks at 2/4/6% (rank values).
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Fel Concentration: 3-point talent instead of 5-point and now also applies to Wrack.
The files Fel Concentration (17783) has 3 ranks at 23/47/70% and lists Wrack; Classic had 5 ranks at 14% each (70%).
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Pandemic: (New row 3 talent) Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life and Wrack spells by up to 100%.
The files Pandemic (427712) is Affliction row 3 and raises the crit damage bonus of Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life and Wrack by 33/67/100% (tooltip).
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Nightfall: Row 4 talent. Now also triggered by Drain Soul and Wrack spells.
The files Nightfall (18094) is Affliction row 4 as in Classic, and the tooltip lists Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life and Wrack at 2/4% (Classic: Corruption and Drain Life).
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Curse of Exhaustion: Moved from row 5 up to row 4. Now the 16-point gold medal talent and reduces movement speed by 30%.
The files Curse of Exhaustion (18223) needs 15 points (Affliction row 4, the 16-point slot) instead of 20 (row 5) and slows by 30% for 12 sec instead of 10% (tooltip).
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Malevolence: (New row 4 talent.) Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by up to 5%.
The files Malevolence (1310949) is Affliction row 4 at 1-5% Shadow spell crit (tooltip); it isn't in the Classic tree.
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Soul Siphon: (New row 5 talent) Increases the damage done or Health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by up to 12% per each of your other Affliction spells on the target, up to a maximum increase of 36%.
The files Soul Siphon (17804) is Affliction row 5: Drain Life, Drain Soul and Wrack gain 4/8/12% per other Affliction effect on the target, up to 12/24/36% (tooltip).
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Shadow Mastery: Damage bonus reduced.
The files Shadow Mastery (18271) gives 1-5% Shadow damage; Classic gave 2% per point (10% at 5).
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Wrack: (New 31-point gold medal talent.) Tears the target apart from within, inflicting Shadow damage every second and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage-over- time (DoT) effects by 10% for 6 seconds. This spell grants the Affliction Warlock a powerful drain-style spell to use as their primary spell when not re-casting damage-over- time spells or instant Shadow Bolts from Nightfall.
The files Wrack (1316697) needs 30 points (Affliction row 7, after Siphon Life). It is a 6 sec channel dealing 36 Shadow damage per second at rank 1 and raising damage from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% (tooltip).
Demonology
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Improved Imp: No longer effects its Blood Pact spell.
The files Improved Imp (18694) names Firebolt and Fire Shield only, and Blood Pact's spell class mask went from 8388608 to 0, so the talent can't reach it (spells 6307, 11767).
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Demonic Embrace: No longer reduces your Spirit.
The files Demonic Embrace (18697) gives 3-15% Stamina with no Spirit line; Classic's tooltip took 1% Spirit per point.
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Unholy Power: Moved from row 4 up to row 1 and damage bonus to pets decreased.
The files Unholy Power (18769) is Demonology row 1 in 70291 (Classic row 4) and gives 2-10% to all damage from every pet, Imp included. Classic gave 4% per point (20%) to melee attacks.
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Improved Health Funnel: Moved from row 2 up to row 1. Health transfer bonus increased and now also reduces the threat your Health Funnel generates by up to 100%. Also allows Health Funnel to be used regardless of your demon's health.
The files Improved Health Funnel (18703) is Demonology row 1 (Classic row 2): 20/40% more health moved (Classic 10/20%), 15/30% lower health cost, 50/100% less threat, and usable whatever the demon's health (tooltip).
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Demonic Aegis: (New row 2 talent.) Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by up to 30%.
The files Demonic Aegis (1235316) is Demonology row 2 and raises Demon Skin and Demon Armor by 15/30% (tooltip).
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Fel Vitality: (New row 2 talent.) Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by up to 15% and increases your maximum Mana by up to 15%.
The files Fel Vitality (18731) is Demonology row 2: +5/10/15% health and Mana for the Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus and Felhunter and +5/10/15% Mana for you (tooltip).
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Demonic Energies: (New row 2 talent.) You heal your pet for up to 15% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains up to 100% of the mana you gain.
The files Demonic Energies (1225214) is Demonology row 2: it heals your pet for 8/15% of your spell damage and gives it 50/100% of the Mana you gain from Life Tap (tooltip).
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Fel Domination: Now the 16-point gold medal talent and requires Master Summoner as a pre-requisite.
The files Fel Domination (18708) needs 15 points (Demonology row 4, the 16-point slot) and requires Master Summoner (node prerequisite). In Classic it was row 3, and Master Summoner required it.
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Master Summoner moved from row 4 up to row 3.
The files Master Summoner (18709) is Demonology row 3 in 70291 and row 4 in Classic.
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Demonic Sacrifice: (Redesigned) Now the 11-point gold medal talent. Sacrifice effects last 2 hours and effects from each sacrifice have shifted around: Imp increases Shadow damage, Voidwalker restores mana, Succubus/Incubus increase fire damage and Felhunter restores Health.
The files Demonic Sacrifice (18788) needs 10 points (Demonology row 3, the 11-point slot; Classic row 5). Its four buffs (18789 to 18792) last 120 min instead of 30, and the tooltip gives Imp +15% Shadow, Voidwalker 2% Mana per 4 sec, Succubus and Incubus +15% Fire, Felhunter 3% Health per 4 sec.
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Decimation: (New row 4 talent.) Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by up to 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal increased damage and your Soul Fire spell for the next 10 seconds has its cast time reduced by up to 40% and costs no Soul Shards.
The files Decimation (440870) is Demonology row 4: Soul Fire's cooldown drops 45/90%, and Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on a target below 35% health deals 3/6% more and gives 10 sec of 20/40% faster, shard-free Soul Fire (tooltip).
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Demonic Brand: (New row 4 talent.) Your Searing Pain generates less threat and brands the target, causing your pet’s next 2 attacks to deal Fire or Shadow damage depending on the pet. If using Shadow damage, it is high threat.
The files Row 4, 17/33/50% less Searing Pain threat and the 10 sec brand match the tooltip (1293695). The pet's next 2/4/6 attacks are branded, so 2 is the one-point value. Build 70291 reworded the threat line to match the post: in 70245 every branded attack had high threat.
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Soul Link moved from row 7 up to row 5.
The files Soul Link (19028) is Demonology row 5 (20 points) in 70291; Classic had it in row 7.
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Improved Felhunter: (New row 5 talent. Increase the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter’s Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 10% and reduce the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 2 seconds.
The files Improved Felhunter (1225217) is Demonology row 5, but it has 3 ranks: Tainted Blood, Devour Magic and Paranoia go up 10/20/30% and Spell Lock's cooldown drops 2/4/6 sec. The post's 10% and 2 sec are one point's worth.
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Soul Link: Now the 21-point gold medal talent instead of the 31-point.
The files Soul Link (19028) needs 20 points (the 21-point slot) instead of Classic's 30 (talent tree position).
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Demonic Knowledge: (New row 5 talent. Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet’s spell damage by up to 33% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.
The files Demonic Knowledge (412732) is Demonology row 5, but the cap is higher than the post says: 33/67/100% of your level at 1/2/3 points (rank values), so 3 points add your full level as spell damage.
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Master Demonologist redesigned: Bonuses provided by each pet changed. Imp increases Fire damage done, Voidwalker reduces Physical damage taken, Succubus/Incubus Increases Shadow damage done and Felhunter reduces Magic damage taken.
The files Master Demonologist (23785) gives Imp +2-10% Fire damage, Voidwalker -2-10% Physical damage taken, Succubus and Incubus +2-10% Shadow damage, Felhunter -2-10% Magic damage taken (tooltip). Classic had threat, Physical damage, all damage and resistances.
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Demonic Pact: New 31-point gold medal talent. Requires Soul Link. Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
The files Demonic Pact (425464) needs 30 points (Demonology row 7), requires Soul Link, and keeps Demonic Sacrifice when a different demon is summoned, while resummoning the sacrificed one cancels it (tooltip).
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Destructive Reach: Moved from row 4 up to row 1. Now applies to all damaging spells, not just Destruction spells. This talent now benefits every Warlock specialization and is in easy reach of them all in the first row.
The files Destructive Reach (17917) is Destruction row 1 (Classic row 4), and the tooltip covers 'your damaging spells' at 10/20% range (Classic: Destruction spells).
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Improved Shadow Bolt: Now only applies to your own Shadow damage but no longer has charges that can be consumed.
The files Shadow Vulnerability (17794) became aura 270, Shadow damage taken 'from Warlock' (Classic aura 87, from anyone), and lost its 4 charges; it lasts 12 sec. The talent tooltip reads 4-20% 'from your attacks' (spell 17793).
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Bane: Moved from row 2 to row 1. Now also applies to Incinerate.
The files Bane (17788) is Destruction row 1 (Classic row 2) and lists Shadow Bolt, Immolate and Incinerate at 0.1-0.5 sec, plus 0.4-2 sec on Soul Fire (tooltip).
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Cataclysm: Moved from row 1 down to row 2 and now reduces mana cost of your Destruction spells by up to 10%.
The files Cataclysm (17778) is Destruction row 2 (Classic row 1) with 3 ranks at 3/6/10% less Mana for Destruction spells; Classic had 5 ranks at 1% each.
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Molten Skin: (New row 2 talent) Reduces all damage taken by up to 10%.
The files Molten Skin (1225220) is Destruction row 2 and reduces all damage taken by 2/4/6/8/10% (tooltip).
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Aftermath: (Redesigned) Increases the initial damage of your Immolate spell by up to 50% and your Conflagrate spell has up to 100% chance to Daze the target, reducing the target’s movement speed by 50% for 5 seconds.
The files Aftermath (18119) raises Immolate's initial damage by 10-50% and gives Conflagrate a 20-100% chance to Daze for 50% movement speed over 5 sec (tooltip). Classic gave Destruction spells a 2% per point Daze chance.
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Ruin moved from row 5 up to row 3 and is now a 5-point talent for the same effect. This makes it more accessible for Demonology and hybrid builds that would benefit.
The files Ruin (17959) is Destruction row 3 (Classic row 5) with 5 ranks at 20-100% crit damage bonus, the same 100% as Classic's single rank.
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Agonizing Flames: (Formerly Improved Searing Pain) Now only 3 talent points. Increases the damage of all of your Destruction spells in addition to increasing the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain.
The files Agonizing Flames (17927, Improved Searing Pain's spell ID) has 3 ranks: Searing Pain crit +3/7/10% and Destruction spell damage +3/7/10% (tooltip). Classic's Improved Searing Pain had 5 ranks.
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Conflagrate: Moved from row 7 up to row 4. Now the 16-point gold medal talent.
The files Conflagrate (1293817, a new ID in place of Classic's 17962) needs 15 points (Destruction row 4, the 16-point slot); Classic had it at 30 points (row 7).
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Intensity: Now a 3-point talent instead of 2 and gives resistance to cast time loss from taking damage to all Destruction spells, not just Rain of Fire, Hellfire, and Soulfire.
The files Intensity (18135) has 3 ranks at 23/47/70% pushback resistance for 'any Destruction spell'; Classic had 2 ranks at 35% for Rain of Fire, Hellfire and Soul Fire.
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Pyroclasm: Wording improved to make effect more clear.
The files Pyroclasm's tooltip (18073) was rewritten so Soul Fire has a 13/26% chance to Stun for 3 sec, and Rain of Fire and Hellfire a 13/26% chance 'over their duration'. Classic's one line gave all three a 13% per point chance.
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Fire and Brimstone: (New row 5 talent) Requires Conflagrate. Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate.
The files Fire and Brimstone (412751) is Destruction row 5, requires Conflagrate, and raises Conflagrate's crit chance by 8/17/25% (tooltip). It also carries a 3/7/10% dummy effect the tooltip doesn't describe.
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Bane of Havoc: (New 21-point gold medal talent) Afflicts the target for 5 minutes causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Limited to 1 target and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
The files Bane of Havoc (1225228) needs 20 points (Destruction row 5, the 21-point slot); it lasts 5 min, copies 15% of your damage to other targets onto the cursed one, and is limited to 1 target and one Bane per Warlock (tooltip).
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Shadow and Flame: New row 6 talent.) Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal for 20 seconds and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal for 20 seconds. In addition, Conflagrate has up to 100% chance to not consume Immolate and Shadowburn has up to 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
The files Shadow and Flame (426316) is Destruction row 6: Conflagrate gives 2-10% Shadow damage and Shadowburn 2-10% Fire damage for 20 sec, with a 20-100% chance to keep Immolate and to refund a Soul Shard (tooltip).
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Incinerate: (New 31-point gold medal talent.) Requires Bane of Havoc. Deals Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate. 2.5 seconds cast, 30-yard range.
The files Incinerate (412758) needs 30 points (Destruction row 7), requires Bane of Havoc, casts in 2.5 sec at 30 yds, and deals 25% more if the target has Immolate (tooltip).
