Malediction
Warlock · Affliction · opens at 5 points spent · 5 ranks
Malediction does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.
Malediction ranks in Forever
- 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%.
Slot corrected from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.
Where Malediction sits in the Affliction tree
Malediction is a Affliction talent for Warlock. You need 5 points in Affliction before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Soul Harvesting, Improved Drains
How often people take Malediction
90 of the 206 public Warlock builds saved here — 44% — put at least one point in Malediction. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
New in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:16:50 (rank 1 tooltip)