Warlock Tank Talents and Spells

November 3rd 2023 - This was made before the reveal of the warlock tank spec for WoW Classic. I have edited nothing about the contents of this article. I am leaving this up to show my thought process and how I would approach the same goal.

This is a list of some spells and talents for a warlock tanking specialization I am working on. If you would like to see my reasoning behind the spells and talents, please check the article titled Warlock Tank Specialization.

Slashes indicate changes per talent point invested. Double pipes indicate a choice talent node.

Fel Portals: Prevent (mastery%) pre-mitigated damage from the next attack and reflect it instead. Maximum of 10 stacks.

Kil’Jaeden’s Cunning: increase your armor by 400%. You can cast Shadow Bolt, Hellfire, and Perturbation while moving.

Perturbation: "disturb the space around you, summoning 3 fel portals and dealing (100% spell power) to your target. Costs 3 soul shards."

Fel Conditioning: If you do not have a Fel Portal, gain one. This can only be triggered every 12/6 seconds.

Fel vibrations: Shadow Bolt Critical strikes have a 25%/50% chance of making your next Perturbation instant and cost no soul shards.

Hellfire: Channel, dealing (21% spell power) to yourself and all nearby enemy each 1 second. Costs 1 soul shard per second. This damage bypasses Soul Leech.

Hellish portals||Soulless Burn: Gain 1 Fel portal for each soul shard consumed by Hellfire.|| Your Hellfire no longer consumes Soul Shards. Maximum channel time is 24 seconds.

Improved Drain Life: You no longer suffer spell pushback while channeling Drain Life. Increase healing you receive while channeling Drain Life by 25%