Did they nerf Demonology Warlock?
No change in Hotfixes 23 Oct 2026. Last buffed in Hotfixes 7 Oct 2026. · Warlock
Last change: buffed in Hotfixes 7 Oct 2026 · source post.
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Demonology Warlock
WarlockBUFFED- Shadow Bolt damage increased by 35%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Demonbolt damage increased by 30%.
- Wild Imp damage increased by 20%.
- Summon Felguard damage increased by 20%.
- Demons summoned by Dominion of Argus damage increased by 20%. Does not apply to PvP combat.
- Call Dreadstalkers damage increased by 30%.
Demonology Warlock
WarlockNERFEDDevelopers’ notes: We feel too much of Demonology’s damage is focused on Wicked Reaping and Power Siphon, so we’re reducing the power of these effects and increasing overall damage through our game-wide Demonology changes above.
- Soul Harvester: Wicked Reaping damage reduced by 50% in PvP combat.
- Soul Harvester: Necrolyte Teachings now causes Power Siphon to increase the damage of Demonbolt by an additional 10% in PvP combat (was 20%).
- Power Siphon now increases the damage of your next 2 Demonbolts by 20% in PvP combat (was 30%).
Demonology Warlock
WarlockADJUSTEDDevelopers’ notes: We are increasing the throughput of the Venomous Abyss 2-set bonus for Demonology so that its performance is closer to other specialization tier set bonuses.
- Burning Cleave (granted by Antoran Armaments) now strikes enemies in a circular area, rather than a cone. The tooltip for Burning Cleave will be updated in a future patch.
- Venomous Abyss 2-piece set bonus updated – Wild Imps now Implode at 350% effectiveness to their main target (was 250%) and 315% effectiveness to other targets (was 225%).
Demonology Warlock
WarlockADJUSTED- Soul Harvester: fixed an issue where Shadow Bolt and Hand of Gul'dan would be disabled in the cooldown manager.
## Patch history
- Hotfixes 7 Oct 2026 buffed · 13 line(s) · source
- Patch Notes 6 Aug 2026 adjusted · 8 line(s) · source
- Hotfixes 29 Jul 2026 buffed · 2 line(s) · source
- Patch Notes 21 Apr 2026 adjusted · 2 line(s) · source
- Patch Notes 9 Feb 2026 buffed · 6 line(s) · source
- Patch Notes 21 Jan 2026 buffed · 63 line(s) · source
## Specs changed in Hotfixes 23 Oct 2026
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