Suppression, an Affliction Warlock talent in WoW Forever

Suppression is a passive talent in row 1 of the Affliction tree. It needs no points in Affliction, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Suppression

5 ranks

Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.

Every rank of Suppression

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.
Rank 2	Improves your chance to hit by 2% and reduces all threat you generate by 8%.
Rank 3	Improves your chance to hit by 3% and reduces all threat you generate by 12%.
Rank 4	Improves your chance to hit by 4% and reduces all threat you generate by 16%.
Rank 5	Improves your chance to hit by 5% and reduces all threat you generate by 20%.

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

None: this is the first row

Row below (row 2)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Suppression.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Reduces the chance for enemies to resist your Affliction spells by 2%.

WoW Forever

Improves your chance to hit by 1% and reduces all threat you generate by 4%.

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All Affliction talents

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.