CLASS FIELD GUIDE · Soul Shards
Spend health for tempo, harvest Soul Shards, and let curses or a demon carry the longer fight.
Harvest Soul Shards from fallen enemies to summon demonic guardians and unleash high-cost curses. Use Life Tap to convert your health directly into Energy.
Health economy, summons and delayed damage.
Harvest Soul Shards from dying foes and Drain Soul. Spend Shards on demonic summons, healthstones, and catastrophic curses.
BUILD AROUND A PLAN
Build ideas follow the current card effects and class archetypes. They are editorial starting points, not measured win-rate rankings.
01 / Affliction
Establish damage over time and survive while it resolves.
Use Amplify Curse before the curse you want to double. Curse of Doom pays after three turns, so pair it with enough defense and recovery to reach the payoff.
02 / Demonology
Use a guardian, shared damage and demon-fueled energy.
Summon first, then establish Soul Link. Health Funnel and Dark Pact move health in opposite directions; check both health bars before choosing.
03 / Destruction
Apply Burn before a Fire finisher and keep a group-damage option.
Apply Burn with Immolate or Rain of Fire. Use Searing Pain while Burn remains, then Conflagrate when consuming it is worth the immediate hit.
Affliction supports curses and drains, Demonology supports summons, and Destruction supports Fire burst. A summon-heavy deck must account for its demon’s health as well as its own.
Plan Warlock talents →THE FULL SPELLBOOK
| Card | Cost | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Shadow Boltbasic · attack | 1 | Deal 9 shadow damage. |
| Corruptionbasic · attack | 1 | Deal 4 shadow damage. Apply 7 Poison. |
| Life Tapbasic · skill | 0 | Lose 2 HP. Gain 1 energy. Draw 1 card. |
| Demon Skinbasic · skill | 1 | Gain 6 Block and 2 Regen. |
| Summon Impbasic · skill | 1 | Summon an Imp (Firebolt 5 fire, Blood Pact, Phase Shift). |
| Immolatecommon · attack | 1 | Deal 6 fire damage. Apply 4 Burn. |
| Curse of Agonycommon · skill | 1 | Apply 8 Curse (ticks shadow damage each turn). |
| Curse of Weaknesscommon · skill | 1 | Apply 3 Weak. Draw 1 card. |
| Drain Lifecommon · attack | 1 | Deal 7 shadow damage. Heal 4 HP. |
| Drain Soulcommon · attack | 1 | Deal 7 shadow damage. Gain 1 Soul Shard. |
| Searing Paincommon · attack | 1 | Deal 7 fire damage. +5 if the enemy is Burning. |
| Fearcommon · skill | 1 | Apply 1 Fear for 2 turns (undead and mechanical enemies are immune). Exhaust. |
| Summon Voidwalkercommon · skill | 1 | Summon a Voidwalker (taunts, soaks damage). If you have a Soul Shard, spend 1 for 5 Block. |
| Health Funnelcommon · skill | 0 | Lose 2 HP. Heal your demon 12 HP. |
| Curse of Recklessnesscommon · skill | 1 | Apply 2 Vulnerable. Gain 1 Soul Shard. |
| Curse of Tonguescommon · skill | 1 | Apply 2 Weak. Interrupt the enemy cast. |
| Shadow Wardcommon · skill | 1 | Gain 8 Block. Gain 1 Soul Shard. |
| Create Healthstonecommon · skill | 1 | Add 1 Healthstone to your hand. |
| Create Soulstonecommon · skill | 1 | Add 1 Soulstone to your hand. Exhaust. |
| Curse of Exhaustioncommon · skill | 0 | Apply 1 Weak. Draw 1 card. |
| Curse of the Elementscommon · skill | 1 | Apply 2 Vulnerable. Apply 2 Weak. |
| Summon Succubusuncommon · skill | 1 | Summon a Succubus (Lash of Pain, Seduction, Soothing Kiss). |
| Summon Felhunteruncommon · skill | 1 | Summon a Felhunter (Spell Lock, Devour Magic). If you have 2+ Soul Shards, spend 2 and it acts right away. |
| Howl of Terroruncommon · skill | 1 | Apply 1 Fear to ALL enemies for 2 turns. Exhaust. |
| Soul Fireuncommon · attack | 2 | Deal 12 fire damage. If you have 2+ Soul Shards, spend 2 to deal 17 instead. |
| Siphon Lifeuncommon · skill | 1 | Apply 5 Curse. Heal 4 HP. |
| Drain Manauncommon · attack | 1 | Deal 6 shadow damage. Gain 1 Energy. Draw 1 card. |
| Rain of Fireuncommon · attack | 2 | Deal 10 fire damage to ALL enemies. Apply 3 Burn to ALL. |
| Hellfireuncommon · attack | 2 | Lose 3 HP. Deal 14 fire damage to ALL enemies. |
| Death Coiluncommon · attack | 1 | Deal 9 shadow damage. Heal 6 HP. Apply 1 Fear. |
| Dark Pactuncommon · skill | 0 | Your demon loses 3 HP. Gain 2 energy. Draw 1 card. |
| Demon Armoruncommon · power | 2 | Power. Gain 4 Armor and 2 Regen for the rest of combat. |
| Banishuncommon · skill | 1 | Demon or Elemental: Stun for 3 turns. Others: Apply 2 Weak. Exhaust. |
| Curse of Shadowuncommon · skill | 1 | Apply 3 Marked. Apply 1 Vulnerable. |
| Shadowburnrare · attack | 1 | Deal 12 shadow damage. If you have 2+ Soul Shards, spend 2 to deal 17 instead. |
| Conflagraterare · attack | 1 | If the enemy is Burning: deal 22 fire damage and remove Burn. Else deal 8. |
| Soul Linkrare · power | 1 | Power. 30% of damage you take is redirected to your demon. |
| Demonic Sacrificerare · skill | 1 | Sacrifice your demon: gain 2 Strength and 2 Soul Shards. Exhaust. |
| Fel Dominationrare · skill | 0 | Gain 1 Soul Shard. Draw 2 cards. Exhaust. |
| Enslave Demonrare · skill | 1 | Demon only: it attacks other enemies for 3 turns. Exhaust. |
| Amplify Curserare · skill | 0 | Your next Curse applies double stacks. Draw 1 card. Exhaust. |
| Infernorare · skill | 2 | Summon an Infernal: Stun ALL enemies 1 turn, deal 8 fire to ALL. |
| Curse of Doomepic · skill | 2 | After 3 turns the enemy takes 60 shadow damage (delayed). Exhaust. |
| Ritual of Doomepic · skill | 2 | Summon a Doomguard. It uses Rain of Fire (6 to ALL), War Stomp (Stun) and Cripple (2 Weak) right away, then keeps acting each turn. Exhaust. |
| Healthstonebasic · skill | 0 | Heal 10 HP. Exhaust. |
| Soulstonebasic · skill | 0 | Revive at 30% HP if you die this combat (once). Exhaust. |
Game data: Spires of Azeroth · 68932e1. MIT licensed. Sources & methodology