Nightfall, a WoW Forever Warlock talent, in words

What it does Affliction row 4

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  Nightfall2 ranks · passiveRequires 15 points in Affliction Talents (level 25).Rank 1: Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.Rank 2: Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 4% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

What changed from Classic

• Classic rank 1Gives your Corruption and Drain Life spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance state after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance state reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.
• WoW Forever rank 1Gives your Corruption, Drain Soul, Drain Life, and Wrack spells a 2% chance to cause you to enter a Shadow Trance after damaging the opponent. The Shadow Trance reduces the casting time of your next Shadow Bolt spell by 100%.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

• 46% of Warlock buildsTaken in 46% of the 38,354 complete Warlock builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
• 84% of Affliction buildsTaken in 84% of the 16,427 builds that lead in Affliction, its own tree.
• 23% of Demonology buildsTaken in 23% of the 13,779 builds that lead in Demonology.
• 7% of Destruction buildsTaken in 7% of the 8,148 builds that lead in Destruction.
• How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.

Beta build history

• Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-17Rank 1 text changed.

Around it in the Affliction tree

• Same row (15 points in Affliction, level 25)Malevolence, Curse of Exhaustion.
• Row above (level 20)Improved Bane of Agony, Fel Concentration, Amplify Curse, Pandemic.
• Row below (level 30)Siphon Life, Soul Siphon.
• Gone from Classic AfflictionImproved Curse of Weakness, Improved Drain Soul, Improved Drain Life, Grim Reach, Improved Drain Mana, Improved Curse of Exhaustion, Dark Pact.

Every Affliction talent 17

• Improved Life Taprow 1
• Suppressionrow 1
• Improved Corruptionrow 1
• Maledictionrow 2
• Soul Harvestingrow 2
• Improved Drainsrow 2
• Improved Bane of Agonyrow 3
• Fel Concentrationrow 3
• Amplify Curserow 3
• Pandemicrow 3
• Malevolencerow 4
• Nightfallrow 4
• Curse of Exhaustionrow 4
• Siphon Liferow 5
• Soul Siphonrow 5
• Shadow Masteryrow 6
• Wrackrow 7

Every Demonology talent 19

• Improved Health Funnelrow 1
• Improved Improw 1
• Demonic Embracerow 1
• Unholy Powerrow 1
• Demonic Aegisrow 2
• Improved Voidwalkerrow 2
• Fel Vitalityrow 2
• Demonic Energiesrow 2
• Improved Sayaadrow 3
• Demonic Sacrificerow 3
• Master Summonerrow 3
• Decimationrow 4
• Fel Dominationrow 4
• Demonic Brandrow 4
• Improved Felhunterrow 5
• Soul Linkrow 5
• Demonic Knowledgerow 5
• Master Demonologistrow 6
• Demonic Pactrow 7

Every Destruction talent 16

• Destructive Reachrow 1
• Improved Shadow Boltrow 1
• Banerow 1
• Molten Skinrow 2
• Cataclysmrow 2
• Aftermathrow 2
• Ruinrow 3
• Shadowburnrow 3
• Intensityrow 4
• Agonizing Flamesrow 4
• Conflagraterow 4
• Pyroclasmrow 5
• Bane of Havocrow 5
• Fire and Brimstonerow 5
• Shadow and Flamerow 6
• Incineraterow 7