Is Incinerate a Warlock talent in WoW Forever?

Yes. In beta build 1.60.1.70205 Incinerate is the Destruction 31-point talent and needs Bane of Havoc. Tooltip: “Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.”

What are Banes in WoW Forever?

The beta spellbook renames Curse of Agony to Bane of Agony and Curse of Doom to Bane of Doom, and Destruction has a new talent, Bane of Havoc: “Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.”

What happened to Dark Pact?

It is gone. Classic's Affliction capstone Dark Pact is not in the beta talent trees, and the Dark Pact spell no longer appears in the Warlock spellbook either. Affliction's 31-point talent is now Wrack, which needs Siphon Life: “Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.”

WoW Forever Warlock Talent Calculator

No class has more new talents in the beta than Warlock: 22 across the three trees, and all three 31-point talents are new: Wrack in Affliction, Demonic Pact in Demonology and Incinerate in Destruction. Classic's Affliction capstone, Dark Pact, is gone, while Soul Link and Conflagrate moved up the trees.

Curses are partly Banes now. In the spellbook Curse of Agony and Curse of Doom are Bane of Agony and Bane of Doom; the talent Improved Bane of Agony reuses Classic's Improved Curse of Agony, and Bane of Havoc is a new Destruction talent that Incinerate needs.

Affliction adds Malediction, Pandemic and Soul Siphon; Demonology gets Demonic Knowledge and Decimation; Destruction gets Molten Skin and Shadow and Flame, and Ruin now has 5 ranks. Click a talent to add a point; the page address keeps your build, so you can share it.

Talent data from the current beta, build 1.60.1.70205. See also the Warlock abilities by level.

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Warlock talent trees

Affliction

Demonology

Destruction

What's new for Warlock in WoW Forever

Compared with Classic Era (build 1.15.9.70003), the Warlock trees in Forever beta build 1.60.1.70205 have 22 new talents, 20 Classic talents that are gone and 4 talents with a different number of ranks. A talent counts as new when no talent of that name exists in any Classic Warlock tree.

Affliction 8 new · 8 removed · 1 re-ranked

Malediction 5 ranks · needs 5 points in Affliction
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%.
Soul Harvest 2 ranks · needs 5 points in Affliction
Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 100% for 10 sec and allows 100% of normal Mana regeneration to continue while casting.
Improved Drains 3 ranks · needs 5 points in Affliction
Increases health drained or damage done by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 20%.
Improved Bane of Agony 2 ranks · needs 10 points in AfflictionUses the spell of Classic's Improved Curse of Agony under a new name.
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%.
Pandemic 3 ranks · needs 10 points in Affliction
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 100%.
Malevolence 5 ranks · needs 15 points in Affliction
Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 5%.
Soul Siphon 3 ranks · needs 20 points in AfflictionUses the spell of Classic's Improved Drain Life under a new name.
Increases the damage done or health drained by your Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack spells by 12% per each of your other Affliction effects active on the target, up to a maximum increase of 36%.
Wrack 1 rank · needs 30 points in Affliction
Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.

Removed: Improved Drain Life (5 ranks; spell reused by Soul Siphon), Improved Curse of Weakness (3 ranks), Grim Reach (2 ranks), Dark Pact (1 rank), Improved Curse of Exhaustion (4 ranks), Improved Drain Soul (2 ranks), Improved Drain Mana (2 ranks) and Improved Curse of Agony (3 ranks; spell reused by Improved Bane of Agony).

Different number of ranks: Fel Concentration: 5 → 3 ranks.

Different row: Improved Life Tap: row 2 → 1; Curse of Exhaustion: row 5 → 4.

Demonology 8 new · 6 removed · 0 re-ranked

Demonic Aegis 2 ranks · needs 5 points in Demonology
Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 30%.
Fel Vitality 3 ranks · needs 5 points in DemonologyUses the spell of Classic's Fel Intellect under a new name.
Increases the maximum health and Mana of your Imp, Voidwalker, Succubus, Incubus, and Felhunter by 15%, and increases your maximum Mana by 15%.
Demonic Energies 2 ranks · needs 5 points in Demonology
You heal your pet for 15% of all spell damage you deal. When you gain Mana from Life Tap, your summoned demon gains 100% of the Mana you gain.
Decimation 2 ranks · needs 15 points in Demonology
Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 90%. When you cast Shadow Bolt or Searing Pain on an enemy below 35% health, they deal 6% increased damage, and for the next 10 sec your Soul Fire spell has its cast time reduced by 40% and costs no Soul Shards.
Demonic Brand 3 ranks · needs 15 points in Demonology
Your Searing Pain generates 50% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec. Your pet's next 6 attacks against the target generate high threat and deal [?] to [?] Fire or Shadow damage based on the pet.
Improved Felhunter 3 ranks · needs 20 points in Demonology
Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood, the healing of its Devour Magic, and the detection level of its Paranoia by 30%, and reduces the cooldown of its Spell Lock by 6 sec.
Demonic Knowledge 3 ranks · needs 20 points in Demonology
Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 100% of your level while you have a summoned Demon pet active.
Demonic Pact 1 rank · needs 30 points in Demonology
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.

Removed: Improved Healthstone (2 ranks), Fel Stamina (5 ranks), Fel Intellect (5 ranks; spell reused by Fel Vitality), Improved Firestone (2 ranks), Improved Spellstone (2 ranks) and Improved Subjugate Demon (5 ranks).

Different row: Improved Health Funnel: row 2 → 1; Unholy Power: row 4 → 1; Demonic Sacrifice: row 5 → 3; Master Summoner: row 4 → 3; Fel Domination: row 3 → 4; Soul Link: row 7 → 5.

Destruction 6 new · 6 removed · 3 re-ranked

Molten Skin 5 ranks · needs 5 points in Destruction
Reduces all damage taken by 10%.
Agonizing Flames 3 ranks · needs 15 points in DestructionUses the spell of Classic's Improved Searing Pain under a new name.
Increases the critical strike chance of your Searing Pain spell by 10% and the damage done by all your Destruction spells by 10%.
Bane of Havoc 1 rank · needs 20 points in Destruction
Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.
Fire and Brimstone 3 ranks · needs 20 points in Destruction
Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 25%.
Shadow and Flame 5 ranks · needs 25 points in Destruction
Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec, and hitting an enemy with Shadowburn increases all Fire damage you deal by 10% for 20 sec. In addition, Conflagrate has a 100% chance not to consume Immolate, and Shadowburn has a 100% chance to instantly refund a Soul Shard.
Incinerate 1 rank · needs 30 points in Destruction
Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Removed: Improved Immolate (5 ranks), Improved Searing Pain (5 ranks; spell reused by Agonizing Flames), Emberstorm (5 ranks), Devastation (5 ranks), Improved Firebolt (2 ranks) and Improved Lash of Pain (2 ranks).

Different number of ranks: Cataclysm: 5 → 3 ranks; Ruin: 1 → 5 ranks; Intensity: 2 → 3 ranks.

Different row: Destructive Reach: row 4 → 1; Bane: row 2 → 1; Cataclysm: row 1 → 2; Ruin: row 5 → 3; Conflagrate: row 7 → 4.

The three 31-point talents

Each tree's bottom row opens after 30 points in that tree, so the 31st point buys its capstone.

Affliction: Wrack needs 30 points in Affliction · requires 1/1 Siphon Life · new in Forever
Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.
Demonology: Demonic Pact needs 30 points in Demonology · requires 1/1 Soul Link · new in Forever
Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet. Resummoning the sacrificed pet will still cancel the effect.
Destruction: Incinerate needs 30 points in Destruction · requires 1/1 Bane of Havoc · new in Forever
Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.

Warlock FAQ

Is Incinerate a Warlock talent in WoW Forever?: Yes. In beta build 1.60.1.70205 Incinerate is the Destruction 31-point talent and needs Bane of Havoc. Tooltip: “Deals 97 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the target is afflicted by Immolate.”
What are Banes in WoW Forever?: The beta spellbook renames Curse of Agony to Bane of Agony and Curse of Doom to Bane of Doom, and Destruction has a new talent, Bane of Havoc: “Afflicts the target for 5 min, causing 15% of all damage done by the Warlock to other targets to also be dealt to the cursed target. Bane of Havoc is limited to 1 target, and only one Bane per Warlock can be active on any one target.”
What happened to Dark Pact?: It is gone. Classic's Affliction capstone Dark Pact is not in the beta talent trees, and the Dark Pact spell no longer appears in the Warlock spellbook either. Affliction's 31-point talent is now Wrack, which needs Siphon Life: “Tears the target apart from within, inflicting 36 Shadow damage every 1 sec and increasing the damage they take from your other Shadow damage over time effects by 10% for 6 sec.”

More for Warlock

Warlock abilities by level: every spell, what is new and what changed since Classic Era.
Races that can be Warlocks in Forever: Human, Orc, Undead, Gnome, Troll (new). See all WoW Forever races and racials.
Talent changes by beta build, for every class.

About the data

Forever talents, ranks and tooltips are read from the beta client (build 1.60.1.70205); the Classic comparison uses the Classic Era client (build 1.15.9.70003). Both come from wago.tools. A value shown as [?] is one our export can't resolve yet. Talents can still change before the November 4, 2026 launch. Last updated 2026-10-02.

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