Warlock
NEWThe Warlock is the second Lord of Hatred (April 2026) class and among the most mechanically demanding in the game, binding a Greater Demon via Soul Shards while balancing Wrath and Dominance to ramp damage and mitigation. In its first full season it settles at A-tier, rewarding players who master its dual-resource dance and Shadowform loop.
Role
Willpower-based control caster
Core Mechanic
Soul Shards bind a Greater Demon (e.g. Mastermind Shard, Blasphemous Fragment); Demonology skills deal more damage per Wrath and take less per Dominance, layered with Shadowform stealth and the new Talisman (Seal + Charm) progression.
PvE Tier
PvEAPlaystyle
A Lord of Hatred (April 2026) class and one of the most complex in the game, juggling two resources — Wrath and Dominance — to control the battlefield and ramp up damage over a fight. Rates A-tier for endgame in Season 14.
Recommended Builds
Abyss Rampage
Full guide →Rampage is the main damage source and hits like a truck; Abyss skills deal +30% while Shadowform is up, kept alive via Metamorphosis and Command Laalish.
Infinistep Blazing Abyss
Full guide →Plays like the classic Infinimist Necro — near-immortal with tiny attackable windows; Footfalls of the Waning World is required to make it work.
Hellfire Apocalypse
Full guide →Chains every Sigil skill to ramp Apocalypse's damage and decimate entire screens.
Key Aspects & Uniques
- Crown of Lucion — Helm granting increased damage each time you use a Primary-Resource skill — best-in-slot for the Abyss/Demonology package.
- Seed of Horazon — Amulet that scales with your Wrath and Dominance, feeding the dual-resource loop.
- Lurid Pact — Ring that amplifies Rampage damage (up to ~240%) and grows your brute's size per kill.
- Footfalls of the Waning World — Boots that convert Evade into Nether Step — the backbone of the near-immortal Infinistep variant.
- Ring of Starless Skies — Ramping damage and reduced resource cost for the spender-heavy rotations.
Strengths
- +Dual Wrath/Dominance system lets it spike both damage and survivability.
- +Very high skill ceiling with correspondingly high reward when mastered.
- +Blazing Abyss / Infinistep variants can be nearly immortal while still clearing.
Weaknesses
- −The most complex resource loop in the game — punishing for newcomers.
- −New class whose build pool and tuning are still settling in Season 14.
- −Top builds gate on specific uniques (Footfalls of the Waning World, Crown of Lucion) to peak.
Why This Tier
A-tier: capable of excellent damage-and-tank uptime in skilled hands, but its steep complexity and still-maturing kit keep it out of the S bracket for now.
Skills