Improved Bane of Agony, an Affliction Warlock talent in WoW Forever
Improved Bane of Agony is a passive talent in row 3 of the Affliction tree. It needs 10 points in Affliction, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era. It was called Improved Curse of Agony in Classic.
Improved Bane of Agony
2 ranks
- Requires 10 points in Affliction
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
Every rank of Improved Bane of Agony
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 10%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Affliction tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above (row 2)
- Row below (row 4)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Bane of Agony.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its name, its rank 1 text and its rank count.
Name
Improved Curse of Agony
Improved Bane of Agony
Ranks
3 ranks
2 ranks
Rank 1 text
Increases the damage done by your Curse of Agony by 2%.
Increases the damage done by your Bane of Agony by 5%.
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All Affliction talents
- Improved Life Tap
- Suppression
- Improved Corruption
- Malediction
- Soul Harvest
- Improved Drains
- Improved Bane of Agony
- Fel Concentration
- Amplify Curse
- Pandemic
- Malevolence
- Nightfall
- Curse of Exhaustion
- Siphon Life
- Soul Siphon
- Shadow Mastery
- Wrack
The other Warlock trees: Demonology and Destruction. Everything that changed for the Warlock since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.