1Incinerate
FireDeals 21 Fire damage and generates 1 Soul Shard.
After Chaos Bolt, Backdraft makes your next Incinerate instant.
Overview
Build Soul Shards with Incinerate and land Shadowfury. Follow the stun with Chaos Bolt, and Fear melee to peel.
How to play
- Shadowfury, then Chaos Bolt.
- Conflagrate burning targets for an extra shard.
- Fake your casts against kicks.
Key passives
Soul ShardsIncinerate builds Soul Shards (max 5); a landed Shadowfury refunds 2, Conflagrate on Immolate 1. Chaos Bolt spends 3 and always crits.
- Backdraft
Chaos Bolt makes your next Incinerate within 5 sec instant and 18% stronger.
ImmolateShadowfury burns for 36 over 9 sec; Chaos Bolt and Incinerate keep it up. Those three spells deal 8% more to burning targets.
Action bar
Hover or tap a spell for its in-game tooltip. Default keybinds.
1Incinerate1
Fire
44 yd range
0.8 sec cast
Deals 21 Fire damage and generates 1 Soul Shard.
After Chaos Bolt, Backdraft makes your next Incinerate instant.
2Shadowfury2
Shadow
29 yd range
Instant14 sec cooldown
Stuns enemies within 6 yd for 2.5 sec, dealing 10 Shadow damage and applying Immolate, 36 damage over 9 sec.
Generates 2 Soul Shards.
3Chaos Bolt3
Fire
3 Soul Shards44 yd range
0.8 sec cast
Deals 40 Fire damage, more to Immolated targets.
Always critically strikes. Triggers Backdraft.
EConflagrateE
Fire
44 yd range
Instant2 charges · 8 sec recharge
Deals 19 Fire damage, 60% more to Immolated targets, which also grant 1 Soul Shard.
4Fear4
Shadow
29 yd range
1.2 sec cast
Strikes fear in the enemy for 2.2 sec. Damage may break the effect.
QDark SoulQ
Instant60 sec cooldown
Increases haste by 25% for 8 sec, and each Incinerate grants 2 Soul Shards.
Off the global cooldown.
5Unending Resolve5
Instant32 sec cooldown
Reduces damage taken by 40% for 6 sec and prevents interrupts.
Usable while stunned.
SpaceDemonic CircleSpace
Instant11 sec cooldown
Summons a Demonic Circle. Cast again to teleport to it, removing roots and increasing movement speed by 40% for 2.6 sec.
6Spell Lock6
Shadow
29 yd range
Instant18 sec cooldown
Interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.
VGladiator's MedallionV
PvP trinket
Instant50 sec cooldown
Removes all stuns, roots, slows, Polymorph, Fear, Blind, Gouge and Cyclone effects. Only usable while crowd-controlled.
1Drain Soul1
Shadow
35 yd range
3 sec channel
Drains the target for 6 Shadow damage 6 times over 3 sec, healing you for 100% of the damage.
Your Corruption and Unstable Affliction on the target deal 60% more while you channel.
2Haunt2
Affliction
1 Soul Shard38 yd range
1.5 sec cast
Deals 19 Shadow damage and haunts the target for 8 sec, increasing your Corruption and Unstable Affliction damage on it by 40%.
Refunds the Soul Shard if Haunt runs its full course.
3Unstable Affliction3
Shadow
44 yd range
Instant
Deals 5 Shadow damage and 144 more over 12 sec.
Dispelling it silences the dispeller for 3 sec and deals 30 damage to them.
ECorruptionE
Shadow
44 yd range
Instant2 charges · 7 sec recharge
Deals 4 Shadow damage and 162 more over 18 sec.
Its ticks generate Soul Shards.
4Fear4
Shadow
29 yd range
1.2 sec cast
Strikes fear in the enemy for 2.2 sec. Damage may break the effect.
QDark Soul: MiseryQ
Instant60 sec cooldown
For 8 sec your damage over time effects deal 50% more and your haste is increased by 25%.
Off the global cooldown.
5Unending Resolve5
Instant32 sec cooldown
Reduces damage taken by 40% for 6 sec and prevents interrupts.
Usable while stunned.
SpaceDemonic CircleSpace
Instant11 sec cooldown
Summons a Demonic Circle. Cast again to teleport to it, removing roots and increasing movement speed by 40% for 2.6 sec.
6Spell Lock6
Shadow
29 yd range
Instant18 sec cooldown
Interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.
VGladiator's MedallionV
PvP trinket
Instant50 sec cooldown
Removes all stuns, roots, slows, Polymorph, Fear, Blind, Gouge and Cyclone effects. Only usable while crowd-controlled.
Abilities
12Shadowfury
ShadowStuns enemies within 6 yd for 2.5 sec, dealing 10 Shadow damage and applying Immolate, 36 damage over 9 sec.
Generates 2 Soul Shards.
3Chaos Bolt
FireDeals 40 Fire damage, more to Immolated targets.
Always critically strikes. Triggers Backdraft.
EConflagrate
FireDeals 19 Fire damage, 60% more to Immolated targets, which also grant 1 Soul Shard.
4Fear
ShadowStrikes fear in the enemy for 2.2 sec. Damage may break the effect.
QDark Soul
Increases haste by 25% for 8 sec, and each Incinerate grants 2 Soul Shards.
Off the global cooldown.
5Unending Resolve
Reduces damage taken by 40% for 6 sec and prevents interrupts.
Usable while stunned.
SpaceDemonic Circle
Summons a Demonic Circle. Cast again to teleport to it, removing roots and increasing movement speed by 40% for 2.6 sec.
6Spell Lock
ShadowInterrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.
VGladiator's Medallion
Removes all stuns, roots, slows, Polymorph, Fear, Blind, Gouge and Cyclone effects. Only usable while crowd-controlled.
Talents
One pick per row, or leave a row on the stock kit.
1Keystone
Howl of Terror
Fear becomes an instant fear around you.
Instantly fears every enemy around you for 2.2 sec.
15 sec cooldown (Fear had none), and it only reaches enemies close to you.
Your answer to double melee: howl and walk away.
Howl of Terror
Shadow
8 yd range
Instant15 sec cooldown
Strikes fear in the enemy for 2.2 sec. Damage may break the effect.
Talent: Howl of Terror — Fear becomes an instant howl
Demonic Gateway
Your Demonic Circle teleports allies to you too.
An ally who steps on your circle is teleported to you (once every 6 sec per ally).
Teleport cooldown is 12 sec (was 11).
Put the circle near your healer so they can escape a melee too.
Demonic Gateway
Instant12 sec cooldown
Summons a Demonic Circle. Cast again to teleport to it, removing roots and increasing movement speed by 40% for 2.6 sec.
Talent: Demonic Gateway — Circle teleports allies
Plaguecaller
Become an Affliction Warlock.
Corruption, Unstable Affliction, Haunt and Drain Soul replace your Destruction spells. Your damage ticks and kicks can't stop it.
No Shadowfury and no Chaos Bolt. Fear is your only control and your burst is low.
Take it into teams that interrupt well and fights that run long.
Dark Soul: Misery
Instant60 sec cooldown
For 8 sec your damage over time effects deal 50% more and your haste is increased by 25%.
Off the global cooldown.
2Tactics
Darkfury
Shadowfury covers more ground, or Haunt lasts longer as Affliction.
Shadowfury radius 120 (was 92). Plaguecaller: Haunt lasts 12 sec (was 8).
Shadowfury cooldown 18 sec (was 14); Plaguecaller's Haunt gets a 4 sec cooldown.
Easier to catch a diving melee, or both enemies in a stack.
Shadowfury
Shadow
29 yd range
Instant18 sec cooldown
Stuns enemies within 8 yd for 2.5 sec, dealing 10 Shadow damage and applying Immolate, 36 damage over 9 sec.
Generates 2 Soul Shards.
Talent: Darkfury — Bigger Shadowfury
Roaring Blaze
Conflagrate, or Corruption as Affliction, also slows.
Conflagrate (Plaguecaller: Corruption) slows the target by 30% for 2 sec.
1 charge instead of 2.
Snare a melee so they can't walk out of your next Fear.
Conflagrate
Fire
44 yd range
Instant8 sec cooldown
Deals 19 Fire damage, 60% more to Immolated targets, which also grant 1 Soul Shard.
Talent: Roaring Blaze — Conflagrate slows
Optimised Lock
Spell Lock comes back sooner but locks for less time.
Spell Lock cooldown 14 sec (was 18).
Spell Lock locks the school for 2.5 sec (was 3).
Kick more casts per fight; follow up fast after the lock.
Spell Lock
Shadow
29 yd range
Instant14 sec cooldown
Interrupts spellcasting and prevents any spell in that school from being cast for 2.5 sec.
Talent: Optimised Lock — Spell Lock comes back sooner
3Style
Eradication
Incinerate, or Drain Soul as Affliction, hits harder.
Incinerate (Plaguecaller: Drain Soul) deals 10% more damage.
Unending Resolve cooldown +10 sec.
Take it when you're the one pressing the kill.
Incinerate
Fire
44 yd range
0.8 sec cast
Deals 24 Fire damage and generates 1 Soul Shard.
After Chaos Bolt, Backdraft makes your next Incinerate instant.
Talent: Eradication — Incinerate hits harder
Soul Leech
Part of your damage becomes a shield on you.
15% of damage you deal becomes a shield on you (cap 20% of your max health, 6 sec). Dampening and healing reduction shrink it.
Only builds while you keep hitting.
Keeps you alive through a trade as long as you keep hitting.
Unending Resolve
Instant32 sec cooldown
Reduces damage taken by 40% for 6 sec and prevents interrupts.
Usable while stunned.
Talent: Soul Leech — Damage shields you
Burning Rush
Teleporting to your Demonic Circle frees you from slows and sends you off faster.
Circle teleport removes slows and gives 60% speed for 3.2 sec.
Circle teleport cooldown 7 sec (was 5.5).
Port out of a Hamstring and kite.
Demonic Circle
Instant14 sec cooldown
Summons a Demonic Circle. Cast again to teleport to it, removing roots and increasing movement speed by 60% for 3.2 sec.
Talent: Burning Rush — Circle teleport frees you