Warlock talent trees
You earn a point every level from 2 and one for the first kill of each act boss: 24 by level 20. Spend them on the class tree and, from level 3, on your subclass's tree. How talents work.
Warlock class tree
23 talents (16 regular, 4 keystones, 3 capstones) · leans damage
Every Warlock shares this tree, whatever the subclass. Its first row is open from the start.
Row 1 · Talents · open from the start
Seeking Blast
Eldritch Blast's beams seek out foes.
Creeping Curse
When a Marked foe dies, its Mark creeps on to every foe within 3 tiles.
Needs Malediction (learned at level 2)
Repelling Blast
Every 10th Eldritch Blast hit sends the foe reeling in fear (Frightened 1.5 s).
Hexblight
Eldritch Blast's beams carry the rot: they spread Hexrot (10%).
Row 2 · Talents · opens after 1 point spent in this tree
Familiar Bond
Your Pact Familiar and other summons hit 24% harder.
Needs Pact Familiar (learned at level 5)
Twin Hex
Malediction strikes again 0.3 s later at 50%.
Needs Malediction at mastery rank 3
Agonizing Hex
+12% damage and +5% crit chance against Marked foes.
Fiendish Vigor
Below half health, 4% of your damage heals you and you take 5% less damage.
Row 3 · Keystones: choose 1 · opens after 3 points spent in this tree
Blood Pact Keystone
Damage
Your spells always cost health instead of Pact Magic (0.5% of your health per point), and they deal +15%.
Shroud of Shadow Keystone
Damage
You and allies within 6 tiles take 6% less damage and resist 8% of all damage types.
Arcane Adept Keystone
Damage
Kills make your next spell free and +20% (3 s cooldown). +6% cooldown reduction.
Patron's Rot Keystone
Damage
Your Hexrot creeps: every 8 s a living host passes it to another foe within 3 tiles (each host spreads it to 2 at most).
Row 4 · Talents · opens after 5 points spent in this tree
Mantle of Spite
While Armor of Shadows holds: +30% thorns and +25% control resistance.
Needs Armor of Shadows (learned at level 7)
Siphoning Pact
Dark Pact's hits heal the most wounded ally (you, if you're alone) for 30% of their damage.
Needs Dark Pact (learned at level 9)
Ravenous Dark
Hunger of the Void drags foes to its centre.
Needs Hunger of the Void at mastery rank 3
Twin Pact
Dark Pact erupts again 0.5 s later at 50%.
Needs Dark Pact (learned at level 9)
Row 5 · Talents · opens after 8 points spent in this tree
Infernal Contract
Call Greater Fiend arrives in hellfire: foes within 4 tiles take 80% and are Frightened for 2 s.
Needs Call Greater Fiend (learned at level 17)
Eldritch Volley
Every 5th Eldritch Blast is followed by a free volley (60%).
Needs Eldritch Blast at mastery rank 6
Void Bloom
A foe Hunger of the Void kills bursts (80% in 2 tiles) and Chills those around it.
Needs Hunger of the Void (learned at level 13)
One with Shadows
Below half health you slip into shadow: 15% damage reduction.
Row 6 · Capstones: choose 1 · opens after 11 points spent in this tree
Eldritch Master Capstone
Damage
Every 8th spell tears a void lance 9 tiles long (250%).
Pact of the Chain Capstone
Damage
An imp (80%) serves you for good and returns 15 s after falling, and your summons hit 20% harder.
Pandemic Capstone
Damage
Your Hexrot spreads one generation further, and a dying host bursts for 15% of the rot it still carried.
The Fiend tree
15 talents (10 regular, 3 keystones, 2 capstones) · leans damage
A pact with a lord of the lower planes, paid in souls and returned in fire.
Row 1 · Talents · open from the start
Hellish Retreat
Damage
Armor of Shadows sheds 60% of your threat, and your next spell deals +25%.
Needs Armor of Shadows (learned at level 7)
Dark One's Blessing
Damage
Kills shield you and your most wounded ally for 6% of health (6 s, 3 s cooldown).
Needs Infernal Rebuke (learned at level 3)
Hellfire Kin
Kills call an imp for 8 s (50%, up to 2, 3 s cooldown).
Needs Infernal Rebuke (learned at level 3)
Row 2 · Talents · opens after 2 points spent in this tree
Hellish Rebuke
When struck, answer with a free Infernal Rebuke (60%, 4 s cooldown).
Dark One's Own Luck
+10% crit chance against Burning foes.
Sulphur Burns
Kills near you leave smouldering sulphur for 6 s that sets foes who step in alight (35% per second).
Needs Infernal Rebuke (learned at level 3)
Fiendish Resilience
Below half health: 10% less damage taken and +10% resistance to all damage types.
Row 3 · Keystones: choose 1 · opens after 4 points spent in this tree
Hurl Through Hell Keystone
Damage
Every 10th skill hit drags the foe through the hells: it takes 100% and is Frightened for 2 s.
Pit Lord Keystone
Damage
Your summons swarm: 2 more allowed, each with 70% health. They hit 12% harder.
Infernal Heart Keystone
Damage
Hellfire clings to you: foes within 2.5 tiles take 25% fire every second and Burn.
Row 4 · Talents · opens after 6 points spent in this tree
Twofold Rebuke
Infernal Rebuke erupts again 0.5 s later at 50%.
Needs Infernal Rebuke at mastery rank 4
Brimstone Maw
Infernal Rebuke drags foes in toward you.
Needs Infernal Rebuke (learned at level 3)
Fiendish Herald
Call Greater Fiend also calls 3 imps for 8 s (60%).
Needs Call Greater Fiend (learned at level 17)
Row 5 · Capstones: choose 1 · opens after 9 points spent in this tree
Brimstone Rain Capstone
Damage
Every 20 skill hits, brimstone rains around you: 8 impacts (110% each) that set foes Burning.
Soul Contract Capstone
Damage
Lethal damage: for 3 s you can't fall below 1 health and heal 25% of the damage you deal (100 s cooldown). Below half health you deal +12%.
The Hollow Star tree
17 talents (10 regular, 4 keystones, 3 capstones) · leans damage
A pact with a dead star that still whispers. Its gifts are cold, patient, and very bad for the mind.
Row 1 · Talents · open from the start
Starless Silence
Damage
Starless Gaze interrupts a foe's cast and Silences it.
Needs Starless Gaze (learned at level 3)
Void Gaze
Damage
Starless Gaze bursts on every foe it pierces (40% in 1.5 tiles).
Needs Starless Gaze (learned at level 3)
Whispers of the Hollow
Damage
Foes you Frighten are also Marked, so your whole party hits them harder.
Needs Starless Gaze (learned at level 3)
Row 2 · Talents · opens after 2 points spent in this tree
Hollow Echo
Starless Gaze stares again 0.4 s later at 50%.
Needs Starless Gaze at mastery rank 3
Guiding Star
Damage
Foes struck by Starless Gaze are Vulnerable for 3 s.
Needs Starless Gaze (learned at level 3)
Void Shelter
Damage
Armor of Shadows sheds half your threat and shields your most wounded ally for 12% of their health (6 s).
Needs Armor of Shadows (learned at level 7)
Eldritch Sight
+10% crit chance against Marked foes.
Row 3 · Keystones: choose 1 · opens after 4 points spent in this tree
Curse of Frailty Keystone
Damage
Malediction makes its target Vulnerable instead of Marked. +8% damage to Vulnerable foes.
Needs Malediction (learned at level 2)
Curse of Feebleness Keystone
Damage
Malediction Weakens its target instead of Marking it. +8% damage to Weakened foes.
Needs Malediction (learned at level 2)
Star Pact Keystone
Damage
Every 5th Starless Gaze is followed by two free gazes at other foes.
Needs Starless Gaze (learned at level 3)
Open Account Keystone
Damage
Your curses are signed on credit: Bane, Hex Idol, Malediction, Eyes of the Hollow and Writ of Debt cost no Pact Magic and add their price to your Debt instead. Call in the Debt and Patron's Tether grow with the Debt you hold; the souls of the fallen pay it back.
Row 4 · Talents · opens after 6 points spent in this tree
Unblinking
Starless Gaze's cooldown resets when it kills.
Needs Starless Gaze (learned at level 3)
Hungering Star
Hunger of the Void drifts after the foe it was cast on.
Needs Hunger of the Void (learned at level 13)
Starlings
Pact Familiar brings 2 star-wisps (60%) that fight for 16 s.
Needs Pact Familiar (learned at level 5)
Row 5 · Capstones: choose 1 · opens after 9 points spent in this tree
Hollow Constellation Capstone
Damage
Skill hits draw void motes around you (max 6). At 6 they launch at foes (30% each) and Frighten them for a moment.
Eclipse Capstone
Damage
Every 15 s in battle the light dies: foes within 6 tiles take 60% and are Frightened for 2 s. You and allies within 6 tiles take 6% less damage.
Final Notice Capstone
Damage
Call in the Debt cast while you owe 50 or more makes every cursed foe it hits Forfeit for 5 seconds (they keep their clauses), and they erupt.
