Malediction, an Affliction Warlock talent in WoW Forever
Malediction is a passive talent in row 2 of the Affliction tree. It needs 5 points in Affliction, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.
Malediction
5 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Affliction
Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%.
Every rank of Malediction
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 1%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 2%. |
| Rank 3 | Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 3%. |
| Rank 4 | Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 4%. |
| Rank 5 | Increases all periodic damage done by your Warlock spells by 5%. |
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 1)
- Row below (row 3)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Malediction.
Compared with Classic Era
Malediction has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.
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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.