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Cultist

TankHealerDamage
Resource
Mana
Main stat
Strength
Armor
Cloth, Leather, Mail, Plate, Shield
Specialisations
Godblade · Corruption · Heretic
Abilities
94
Races
10

Overview

Void-touched plate caster serving dark powers; drains and shadow strikes. Choose one of three specialisations, Godblade, Corruption, Heretic, each with its own set of abilities.

Specialisations and abilities

Godblade

35 abilities · 51 passives and talents

What to wear · Godblade build

ArmorWear Plate armor with a shield
Main statStrength
WeaponsDaggers, Polearms, Staves, Two-Handed Axes, Wands
Stat priorityStamina, armor and avoidance (dodge/parry/block), then Strength · Intellect for spellpower and mana, then Spirit and Haste · Strength, hit rating to cap, then Crit and Haste

Specialisation passives what makes Godblade different

ObliterationLevel 102 ranksSpecialisation

Your Gaze of C'Thun now gains an additional 15 base damage and healing.

Nether GazeLevel 15Specialisation

While above 40 Insanity, your melee attacks now reduce the cooldown of your Gaze of C'thun by 2 sec.

Shadow of the VoidLevel 20Specialisation

While above 40 Insanity, melee attacks and abilities trigger Shadow of the Void.

Twilight's CallLevel 30Specialisation

Critical strikes with Hammer of Twilight now refund 10 Insanity.

Void-TouchedLevel 30Specialisation

Direct healing done now applies Void-Touched.

Void StrengthLevel 40Specialisation

Increases your Shadow spell damage by 50% of your Strength and your spell hit chance by 5% of your Strength.

Abilities by level learned automatically as you level

Abyssal CommandLevel 1
10% of base mana15 sec cooldown0.5 sec cast

Causes all of your nearby Crusher Tentacles to slam the ground, dealing Shadow Damage based on your Intellect and knock enemies into the air.

Blade of the EmpireLevel 112 ranks
12% of base mana6 sec cooldownInstantMelee

3 Charge, 6 sec recharge
Generates 20 Insanity
Strike an enemy, dealing 427 + spell power × .15 + attack power × .25 Shadow damage.

Tentacle of C'ThunLevel 4
30% of base manaInstant

Summon a Tentacle of the Old Gods near you for 30 sec.

It will seek an enemy out, dealing 65 × the listed amount of + spell power × 0.08 + attack power × 0.03 Shadow Damage every 1.5 sec, scaling with spell power and attack power.

While above 60 Insanity, the mana cost of this spell is removed.

You may only have 1 Old God Tentacle active at a time.

Hammer of TwilightLevel 68 ranks
InstantMelee

Smash an enemy for 195% Weapon Damage plus 169 Shadow damage, ignoring absorption effects and draining 40 Insanity.

RiftLevel 11
8% of base mana45 sec cooldownInstant

Apply a dark boon to yourself for 15 sec, causing your next Hammer of Twilight to deal an additional 80% of its damage dealt as Shadow damage.

Creates a rift that absorbs the next 200 + your level + attack power × 1.5 healing taken by enemies that step inside and reduces their periodic healing received by 50% for 10 sec while inside.

Seething VoidLevel 13
Instant100 yd

Curse an enemy, inflicting attack power × 0.2 + 1 Eldritch Damage every 0 sec for 0 sec.

Melee critical strikes refresh this effect's duration and spread it to a nearby enemy.

Mass NightmareLevel 14
21% of base mana3 min cooldownInstant

Spread nightmares of the black empire to up to 5 nearby enemies, horrifying them for 5 sec and interrupting non-player spellcasting for 3 sec.

NetherstrikeLevel 176 ranks
10% of base mana6 sec cooldownInstantMelee

Generates 20 Insanity
Strike an enemy quickly for 125% Weapon Damage plus 441 Shadow damage, purging 1 beneficial magic effect from them.

Only usable on enemies below 35% health.

Presence of N'ZothLevel 20
30% of base manaInstant

Assume a dark Presence, giving damage dealt a 20% chance to summon Tentacles on your back that attack a nearby enemy for 8 sec.

You may only have 1 Presence active at a time.

Entropic StrikeLevel 22
15 sec cooldownInstantMelee

Strike an enemy dealing Weapon Damage plus 20, applying Seething Void, and generating 2 Void Runes.

Whispers of N'ZothLevel 24
6% of base manaInstant30 yd

Gift an ally with the madness of N'Zoth, increasing total stats by 10% for 30 min.

DreadfallLevel 29
12% of base mana25 sec cooldownInstant40 yd

Raise your shield and charge towards an enemy, dealing attack power × 0.5 Shadow damage to enemies you pass through, generating additional threat.

Empire's GraspLevel 29
11% of base mana35 sec cooldownInstant30 yd

Teleport an enemy to your position and slow their movement speed by 60% for 4 sec.

End TimesLevel 31
25% of base mana1.5 min cooldownInstant

Increases the range of Blade of the Empire, Netherstrike, and Hammer of Twilight by 25 yds and reduces their mana costs by 50% for 15 sec.

Tentacle of N'ZothLevel 31
20% of base mana1.5 min cooldownInstant15 yd

Target an enemy and summon a Tentacle of N'Zoth on the ground near them that will silence them and deal 61 + your level + spell power × .75 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 8 sec. If your target runs out of range, the tentacle will seek a new target.

The tentacle gains health based on your Stamina. If the tentacle dies, the silence effect will end.

You may only have 1 Old God Tentacle active at a time.

Greater Whispers of N'zothLevel 52
10% of base manaInstant30 yd

Gift party and raid members with the madness of N'zoth, increasing total stats by 10% for 30 min.

Eldritch ObeliskLevel 57
35% of base mana3 min cooldownInstant

Create an Eldritch Obelisk beneath you for 20 sec, increasing the damage of your Tentacles by 100% and the movement speed of allies by 40% while near it.

VoidborneLevel 57
10% of base mana3 min cooldownInstant

Tap into your inner voidborne rage, increasing your damage dealt and critical strike chance by 25%, and granting you immunity to stun effects for 15 sec.

Generates 1 Insanity every 0.5 sec.

Vision of DoomLevel 58
40% of base mana5 min cooldownInstant

Behold a vision of doom, causing direct damage or healing done to apply Vision of Doom to nearby targets for 3 sec. Can only occur once every 3 sec.

At the end of the duration, they are damaged or healed for 100% of the damage or healing that doomed them. Lasts for 1 min or 5 instances of damage or healing.

Doomed enemies are unable to be healed and the damage or healing done by this effect can critically strike.

Summon: Faceless DestroyerLevel 60
50% of base mana10 min cooldown5 sec cast

Summon a Faceless Destroyer for 1 min that will fight alongside you and kill everyone in your path. The destroyer does not feel pity or remorse or fear and cannot be stopped unless killed.

Scales with modifiers to your Tentacles.

Other abilities and procs (15)
Abysswalker
Instant

Reduces the cooldown of Abyssal Frenzy by 30 sec and increases its charges by 2.

Blade of Y'shaarj
Instant

Blade of the Empire strikes 2 additional enemies and has a 100% chance to despoil the ground beneath them for 12 sec, reducing the attack power and Shadow resistance of enemies within an 8 yd radius, scaling with Stamina.

Cosmic Ooze
7% of base mana45 sec cooldownInstant

All of your Tentacles of N'zoth within 40 yds seep with cosmic ooze, rooting all enemies within 8 yds of them for 4 sec.

Dark Celerity
Instant

Increases the healing and bonus healing of Gaze of C'Thun and Eldritch Mending by 10%.

Eldritch Smite
Instant

Empowers your Blade of the Empire based on your currently active specialization.

Eldritch Tentacle
6% of base manaInstant100 yd

Summons a Tentacle of N'Zoth at the target location for 8 sec that will attack nearby enemies.

Generates 10 Insanity.

Herald of N'Zoth: Has 20% reduced cooldown.

Embrace the Void
Instant

Reaching 80 Insanity increases your Magic damage and healing by 10% for 10 sec.

Hysterical Momentum
Instant

Spending Runes increases your attack speed by 3% and movement speed by 0% for 8 sec. Stacks 3 times.

N'Zoth's Rage
Instant

You now generate 10 Insanity every 10 sec while in combat.

N'zoth's Cunning
Instant

Increases critical strike chance of all party and raid members by 3%.

Does not stack with similar effects.

Perpetual Isolation
Instant

Reduces the cooldown of Isolate by 30 sec and Hallucination by 5 sec.

Umbral Warrior
Instant

Increases the damage of Blade of the Empire, Gaze of C'Thun, and Entropic Slam by 15%.

Veiled Knight2 ranks
Instant

Increases damage dealt with two-handed weapons by 1%.

Voidguard
Instant

Increases your parry rating by 25% of your Intellect and hit rating by 10% of your Strength.

Wrathful Slam
Instant

Increases the damage of Entropic Slam by 20%.

Passives and talents (45)
Empire CommanderLevel 12Passive

Increases all primary attributes by 4%.

Shroud of PrideLevel 14Passive

Your Abyssal Ward now stacks 3 additional times.

Mind LeakLevel 16Passive

While above 60 Insanity, you gain 5% reduced damage taken.

Corruption of the ShaLevel 19Passive

Gives your Blade of Y'Shaarj ability a 10% chance to reset the cooldown of Tentacle of Y'Shaarj.

DismayLevel 26Passive

Increases the movement speed slowed by Grasp of Zek'voz by 20%.

Void Touched RegaliaLevel 27Passive

Increases all resistances by floor(10), scaling with level, and increases your threat generated from Shadow spells by 10%.

DevourerLevel 32Passive

Your Devour Magic now affects 2 nearby allies.

Black PrayerLevel 56Passive

All direct damage dealt now has a 5% chance to unleash a Black Prayer on all enemies near the target for 9 sec.

Lost in the VoidLevel 58Passive

Increases the duration of Embrace the Void by 4 sec and it now heals you for an additional 50% of the damage taken while active and its cooldown is reduced by 60 sec.

Abyssal HavenPassive

Healing of Abyssal Protection is increased by 50% and can now proc from any type of damage.

Adaptive CombatantPassive

Increases your parry chance by 3% and dodge chance by 2%.

Blade of N'zothPassive

Blade of the Empire deals 0% increased damage and it now has a 10% chance to summon a Tentacle of the Old Gods for 8 sec.

Blade of Yogg-SaronPassive

Blade of the Empire now applies Black Blood to allies, healing for 10% of the damage dealt plus 1 + your level every 3 sec for 0 sec, stacking 1 times, and restores 0% missing mana.

At 5 stacks, the target will be instantly healed for 33 + your level + spell power × .5.

Blade of the DepthsPassive

While Herald of the Depths is active, your Forbidden Ritual will cooldown faster.

Broken MindPassive

Reduces the duration of fear and charm effects used against you by 1%.

Bulwark of HorrorPassive

Avoiding an attack now has a 40% chance to refresh a charge of Blade of the Empire.

Cosmic HorrorPassive

Casting Umbral Voyage now horrifies enemies in the area you appear at for 0 sec, increasing damage they take from you by 0% for the duration.

Dark ProtectionPassive

Allies affected by Abyssal Covenant now also take 20% increased healing from you.

Dark ReservoirPassive

Increases the bonus healing power scaling of Eldritch Mending and Eldritch Shock by 25%.

Dark RitesPassive

While Herald of the Depths is active, your movement speed cannot be reduced below 100% of normal value.

Darkward2 ranksPassive

Increases the effectiveness of your damage absorption effects by 20%.

Eldritch Swiftness2 ranksPassive

Reduces the cooldown of Eldritch Strike by 1 sec and causes Entropic Slam to drain 20 insanity.

Empire's Blessing2 ranksPassive

Reduces the mana cost of Void Shield by 20%.

Empowered IsolationPassive

Isolate now reduces the damage taken by an additional 10%, and increases your targets movement speed by 10%.

Encroaching PresencePassive

Your melee critical strikes reduce the cooldown of Rift and Gaze of C'Thun by 3 sec.

Entropic RetaliationPassive

Avoiding an attack now increases your critical strike and dodge chance by 2% for 6 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

EverpresentPassive

Increases the chance to trigger Presences by 10%.

Forbidden ResiliencePassive

While Herald of the Depths is active, you now take 15% less damage and have a 25% increased chance to resist dispel effects.

Fortune TellingPassive

Increases the healing and critical healing done by Eldritch Mending by 10%.

Hand of N'ZothPassive

Your Hammer of Twilight, Entropic Slam, and Gaze of C'Thun now refreshes a charge of Blade of the Empire.

HeresyPassive

Increases the critical strike chance of Eldritch Mending by 8%.

Lead the CovenantPassive

50% of all healing done to allies through Abyssal Covenant is now replicated to you.

Maker of MiseriesPassive

Reduces the mana cost of your spells and abilities by 15%.

NetherbornePassive

Increases the critical damage of Netherstrike by 25%.

NutcasePassive

Your Shadow of the Void now also increases your critical damage dealt by 10%.

Prophetic CompulsionPassive

While Black Blood is active on an ally, healing done to them by your Gaze of C'Thun has a 15% increased chance to critically strike.

SuppressionPassive

Reduces the Insanity generated by Tentacle of Y'shaarj by 5.

Touch of the VoidPassive

Increases your Magic damage dealt by 3% and Hammer of Twilight now increases the target's spell damage taken by 10% for 15 sec.

Twilight GuardianPassive

Damage dealt by Twilight Shieldtoss shields you for 100% of the damage dealt for 8 sec. Additional shields add to the remaining absorb amount and refresh its duration.

Twilight InitiatePassive

Increases the critical strike chance of Prayer of Yogg-Saron by 2% and its healing done by 4%.

Twisted SanityPassive

Allies affected by your Black Blood are now healed for 30% of the damage dealt by your Tentacles.

Void BarrierPassive

Casting Herald of the Depths now increases the absorption of your next Void Shield within 10 sec by 100%.

Void TouchPassive

Increases the duration of Void Embrace by 10 sec.

Voidforged EdgePassive

Your auto attacks now deal an additional 10% of the damage dealt as Shadow damage.

WrathfulPassive

Increases the damage of Entropic Slam and Twilight Shieldtoss by 10%.

Corruption

33 abilities · 37 passives and talents

What to wear · Corruption build

ArmorWear Plate armor with a shield
Main statStrength
WeaponsDaggers, Polearms, Staves, Two-Handed Axes, Wands
Stat priorityStamina, armor and avoidance (dodge/parry/block), then Strength · Intellect for spellpower and mana, then Spirit and Haste · Strength, hit rating to cap, then Crit and Haste

Specialisation passives what makes Corruption different

Corruption - Level 15 PassiveLevel 15Specialisation

Increases spell damage by 20% of your Intellect and your spell haste rating by 10% of your Intellect.

Whispers of C'ThunLevel 30Specialisation

Your Gaze of C'Thun now generates 10 Insanity.

Blessing of C'ThunLevel 50Specialisation

Your Darkwither can now critically strike and your spell hit rating is increased by 5% of your Intellect.

Corrupting Whispers2 ranksSpecialisation

Damage dealt has a 15% chance to grant you Corrupting Whispers.

Dark Revelation3 ranksSpecialisation

Causes Herald of C'thun to give Horrorbolt and Eldritch Blast a 15% chance to reset Gaze of C'thun.

Abilities by level learned automatically as you level

Abyssal DecayLevel 19 ranks
9% of base manaInstant30 yd

Applies an Eldritch curse to an enemy, causing 572 + (your level × 3.5-72 × 3.5) Shadow damage every 3 sec for 18 sec.

Generates 5 Insanity.

EnslaveLevel 1
12% of base mana1.7 sec cast30 yd

Enslave an enemy with a mindbender for up to 0 sec, effectively polymorphing them and removing harmful magic effects.

Damage dealt may break the effect.

Wrath of The Black EmpireLevel 13 ranks
1 min cooldown2.5 sec cast30 yd

Consumes All Void Runes
Crush an enemy with overwhelming void power, dealing 217 Shadow damage plus 163 every 0.5 sec for 6 sec and generates 20 Insanity.

Scales with Void Runes consumed. When used with at least 2, this always critically strikes.

Cannot be reflected or redirected, and pierces immunity effects.

Herald of C'Thun: Strikes up to 20 enemies.

Wrath of the Black EmpireLevel 19 ranks
3 sec cast30 yd

Blast an enemy with overwhelming void power, dealing 818 + spell power × 1 Shadow damage and draining 20 Insanity.

HorrorboltLevel 213 ranks
12% of base mana2.5 sec cast30 yd

Generates 10 Insanity
Inflicts 775 + spell power × 0.714 Shadow damage to an enemy.

Presence of C'ThunLevel 4
30% of base manaInstant

Assume an unholy Presence, giving damage dealt a 20% chance to increase your haste by 20% for 6 sec.

You may only have 1 Presence active at a time.

Gaze of C'ThunLevel 810 ranks
15% of base mana10 sec cooldownInstant30 yd

Set C’thun’s Gaze upon an enemy or ally, jumping to 3 additional nearby targets, dealing 408 + spell power × 0.5 + attack power × 0.2 Shadow damage to enemies or healing allies for 408 + bonus healing × 0.665 + attack power × 0.1.

C'Thun's BladeLevel 109 ranks
8% of base mana8 sec cooldownInstant40 yd

Smite an enemy, dealing 424 + spell power × 0.685 Shadow Damage.

Generates 10 Insanity.

Corrupt MindLevel 10
20% of base mana1 min cooldown1.5 sec cast30 yd

Generates 10 Insanity
Corrupt the mind of an enemy and spread madness, fearing them in place for 40 sec (8 sec vs players), bouncing to up to 2 nearby enemies.

Damage dealt may end this effect.

Eldritch Smite of C'thunLevel 108 ranks
9% of base mana8 sec cooldownInstantMelee

Causes your next Blade of the Empire to deal an additional 521 + ppl1) Shadow Damage, and increases the range by 30 yds. Damage increased by 1% for each stack of Insanity.

If your Insanity is greater than 60, reset the cooldown of Gaze of C'Thun.

Psychic LeechLevel 1211 ranks
7% of base manaInstant30 yd

Consumes 2 Void Runes
Applies a dark curse to an enemy, stealing 86 + (your level × 0.6-28 × 0.6) health from them and restoring it to the caster every 1 sec for 14 sec.

DarkwitherLevel 139 ranks
17% of base manaInstant30 yd

Generates 10 Insanity
Wither an enemy, dealing 1025 Shadow damage over 15 sec. Each instance of damage reduces their periodic healing taken by 5%, stacking up to 4 times.

Eldritch DevastationLevel 156 ranks
19% of base manaInstant30 yd

Channel upon an enemy, chaining to nearby enemies, dealing (4 × 1000 / 1) × (85 + spell power × 0.44) Shadow damage over 4 sec, dealing less damage with each enemy struck.

Eldritch EyeLevel 17
35% of base mana1 min cooldownInstant

Invoke the Old Gods for 15 sec, removing the cast time of your next 3 Eldritch Mendings or Malevolences and causing them to critically strike.

Obliteration BeamLevel 177 ranks
19% of base mana20 sec cooldownInstant30 yd

Generates 10 Insanity
Unleash a beam of eldritch energy, dealing 713 + spell power × .65 Shadow damage to an enemy and all nearby enemies.

While above 60 Insanity, deals 20% more damage.

Sanity TapLevel 18
Instant

Regain your sanity, reducing your Insanity by 20 and restoring 20% of your missing mana.

Usable while casting or channeling.

Shatter Void RuneLevel 1912 ranks
35 sec cooldownInstant

Consumes 1 Void Rune
You shatter a Void Rune, dealing 576 Shadow Damage to all enemies within 10 yards and knocking them back.

HallucinationLevel 26
15% of base mana30 sec cooldownInstant

Create 3 copies of yourself that run in a random direction for 3 sec and may briefly trick enemies into ignoring you.

Significantly reduces your threat and removes all movement impairing effects from you.

Entropic SingularityLevel 28
12% of base mana1 min cooldownInstant30 yd

Create a void zone for 5 sec at target location that slows enemies' movement speed while inside.

The slow increases in intensity based on how close to the middle of the zone the enemy is.

Psychic SuppressionLevel 31
17% of base mana1.5 min cooldownInstant30 yd

Stun an enemy, dealing 30 + spell power × .55 + attack power × .1 Shadow damage every 0.5 sec for 5 sec.

The target takes 15% more spell damage from all sources while you are channeling this spell.

Whispers of C'thunLevel 383 ranks
5% of base manaInstant30 yd

Gift an ally with the madness of C'thun, increasing spell power by 62 for 30 min.

Eldritch RitualLevel 40
30% of base mana1 hr cooldownInstant30 yd

Summons a Ritual Stone at the target location. You and your allies can interact with the Ritual Stone to begin channeling their life force into it.

When 10 allies are channeling, the stone will be destroyed to bring forth a hostile Faceless Destroyer into the world for 2 min.

Greater Whispers of C'thunLevel 58
10% of base manaInstant30 yd

Gift nearby allies with the madness of C'thun, increasing spell power by 62 for 30 min.

Ancient CurseLevel 595 ranks
19% of base mana1.5 min cooldownInstant30 yd

Instantly inflicts 1071 + (your level × 5.4-49 × 5.4) Shadow damage to an enemy and increases all Shadow damage they take from you by 25% for 12 sec.

Generates 20 Insanity.

Other abilities and procs (9)
Aberration
Instant

Damage dealt by Eldritch Devastation now has a H% chance to unleash a Lesser Nightmare and its channel time is reduced by 50%.

Enslave Lesser Mind
12% of base mana1.5 sec cast20 yd

Take over the mind of an Elemental, Beast, Dragonkin or Critter up to your level for 30 sec (6 sec vs players), allowing you to control it for the duration.

Horrorbolt Volley
Instant

After casting 3 Horrorbolts, it transforms into Horrorbolt Volley for 15 sec.

Lightbreaker
Instant

Increases spell critical strike damage by 100%.

Ritual Codex
Instant

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Sudden Doom
Instant

Summons all of your Crusher and Flayer tentacles to the location of your target.

Summon: Faceless Servant
40% of base mana3 sec cast

Summons a Faceless Servant to aid you in battle until dismissed.

While active, this minion provides 2% increased critical strike chance to all nearby party and raid members.

Vision of Doom
35% of base mana5 min cooldownInstant

Transform into a Faceless Destroyer for 15 sec, reducing the cooldown of your Eldritch Smite and your Eldritch Strike are by 90% and increasing their range by 5 yds. Additionally, you gain 40% increased spell haste, and all damage you deal is increased by 20%.

Every 3 sec you will generate 10 Insanity and summon a Tentacle of N'zoth nearby for 8 sec.

This effect cannot be cancelled.

All enemies within 40 yds of you will gain a stack of Madness every 1 sec.

Writhing Mass
Instant

Reduces your Shadow Damage taken by 10%.

Passives and talents (32)
BefoulLevel 1Passive

Causes Eldritch Grasp to affect 5 additional enemies.

Blade of C'thunLevel 1Passive

Blade of the Empire now has a 0 sec cooldown and deals an additional 7 + your level + spell power × 0.15 Shadow Damage, generates 10 Insanity, and its range is increased by 100 yds.

Additionally, its damage is increased by 1% for each stack of Insanity.

Wicked ThoughtsLevel 16Passive

Increases your maximum mana, your movement speed, and mounted movement speed by 15%.

DoomsayerLevel 30Passive

Damage dealt by Eldritch Shock now increases the amount healed by your next Eldritch Shock by 100%.

Healing with Eldritch Shock now increases the damage dealt by your next Eldritch Shock by 100%.

Eternal GraspLevel 302 ranksPassive

Increases the duration of your Tentacles by 50%.

Improved Sermon of DreadLevel 30Passive

Increases the effectiveness of Sermon of Dread by 40%.

Absolute HorrorPassive

Reduces the cast time of Horrorbolt and Wrath of the Black Empire by 0.3 sec.

Abyssal DestructionPassive

Periodic or channeled damage dealt now generates 2 Insanity, reduces the cooldown of your Obliteration Beam by 1 sec, and grants 1 stack of Abyssal Destruction.

Call of N'ZothPassive

Increases the duration of Darkwither by 9 sec.

Corruptor's Gaze2 ranksPassive

Increases the damage of your Tentacles by 20%.

Eldritch BargainPassive

Increases the Spell Power of your Shadow Damage Spells by 35% of your Strength, and your Spell Hit Rating by 15% of your Strength.
Cultists can build toward Strength for a melee hybrid or tank playstyle, Intellect and Spell Power for a caster playstyle, or Spirit and Spell Power for a healer playstyle.

Embrace the VoidPassive

Reaching 60 Insanity increases your damage dealt by 10% for 10 sec.

Eternally VoidPassive

Smite of the Empire now absorbs 165 + your level + spell power × .3 healing done to the target for 8 sec.

Eyes of EternityPassive

Healing an ally with Gaze of C'Thun now additionally reveals nearby stealthed enemies for 8 sec.

Feeding DarknessPassive

Increases the range of your Corruption spells by 3 yds and their chance to critically strike by 2%.

Foul PlayPassive

Increases the damage bonus provided by your Corrupting Whispers by 5%.

Gift of C'ThunPassive

Increases your Shadow damage dealt by 4% and healing done by 4%.

Glimpse of MadnessPassive

Reduces the cooldown of Obliteration Beam by 20% and it now applies Madness to all targets struck.

Mind RotPassive

Periodic or channeled damage dealt now has a 25% chance to curse your target, applying Mind Rot.

MiseryPassive

Casting Gaze of C'Thun now reduces the cooldown of Psychic Suppression by 4 sec and Grasp of Zek'voz by 1 sec.

Moment of ClarityPassive

Reduces spell pushback suffered from damaging attacks by 35% and increases mana generated by Sanity Tap by 5%.

OccultismPassive

Increases the critical strike chance of Wrath of the Black Empire by 10%.

Psychic SpeedPassive

Reduces the cooldown of Psychic Suppression by 60 sec.

Servant of C'ThunPassive

Casting Gaze of C'thun now always triggers your Presence of C'Thun while it is active.

Swift BlastsPassive

Eldritch Blast cast time reduced by 0.5 sec.

TentacularPassive

Whenever you summon a Tentacle of the Old Gods you now have a 20% chance to summon an additional Tentacle.

TerrorPassive

Increases the spell damage bonus of Horrorbolt and Eldritch Shock by 10% and Wrath of the Empire by 20%.

Twilight HorrorPassive

Removes the cooldown of Eldritch Shock and guarantees it to critically strike when used with at least 60 Insanity.

Eldritch Shock can now be cast while channeling.

Unrelenting VoidPassive

Periodic or channeled damage now increases the damage the enemy takes from you by 2% for 10 sec, stacking 10 times.

VisionsPassive

Increases the spell haste of all party and raid members by 3%. Does not stack with similar effects.

In addition, your Shadow damage is increased by 3%.

Void-Enchanted ArmorPassive

Increases your chance to resist dispel effects by 20%.

Voidborn AfflictionPassive

Allows your periodic damage to benefit from haste.

Heretic

26 abilities · 15 passives and talents

What to wear · Heretic build

ArmorWear Plate armor with a shield
Main statStrength
WeaponsDaggers, Polearms, Staves, Two-Handed Axes, Wands
Stat priorityStamina, armor and avoidance (dodge/parry/block), then Strength · Intellect for spellpower and mana, then Spirit and Haste · Strength, hit rating to cap, then Crit and Haste

Specialisation passives what makes Heretic different

Herald of the DepthsLevel 103 ranksSpecialisation

Reaching 100 Insanity no longer causes Total Madness.

Teaches you Herald of the Depths.

Shadow TrainingLevel 20Specialisation

Increases the healing done by Eldritch Mending by 50% and Gaze of C'Thun by 100%.

In addition, you are now unable to miss your attacks and you cannot be parried or dodged.

Power of Yogg-SaronLevel 50Specialisation

Increases your attack power by an amount equal to 2.5 times your spell critical strike rating.

Void PowerSpecialisation

Your healing power is increased based on your main-hand weapon damage.

Abilities by level learned automatically as you level

Eldritch MendingLevel 211 ranks
20% of base mana2 sec cast40 yd

Envelop an ally in eldritch magic, healing for 760 + bonus healing × .56 + attack power × .12.

Ritual of AwakeningLevel 108 ranks
60% of base mana8 sec cast40 yd

Brings a dead player back to life with 2420 health and 1750 mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.

Void ShieldLevel 108 ranks
26% of base manaInstant20 yd

Shields an ally, absorbing 776 + spell power × 2 damage for 30 sec and applying Wracked Mind.

MalevolenceLevel 1110 ranks
9% of base mana1.5 sec castMelee

Generates 10 Insanity
Smash an enemy with eldritch force, dealing 550 + attack power × 0.1 + spell power × .52 Shadow damage and applying Black Blood to 5 nearby allies, healing them for 191 + attack power × 0.1, repeating every 3 sec for 12 sec.

Usable while moving.

Void BlessingLevel 146 ranks
5% of base manaInstant40 yd

Empower an ally with a blessing from the void, restoring 33 mana every 5 seconds for 30 min.

Abyssal CovenantLevel 15
14% of base mana5 sec cooldownInstant40 yd

Link yourself to an ally for 30 min, transfering 10% of all damage taken by them to you and causing 20% of all damage you deal to be converted into healing for them.

Can only be applied to 1 ally at a time.

Tentacle of Yogg-SaronLevel 16
45% of base manaInstant

Summon a Tentacle of Yogg-Saron near you for 30 sec.

Allies within 15 yds receive 6% increased healing and 50% reduced spell pushback.

You may only have 1 Old God Tentacle active at a time.

Forbidden RitualLevel 1710 ranks
30% of base mana1 min cooldown3 sec cast

Chant a forbidden ritual that places a shield on all nearby party and raid members that absorbs 1585 + BH × .5 damage for 10 sec.

Devour MagicLevel 26
25% of base mana1 sec cast40 yd

Devour 1 harmful magic effect on a friendly target, dispelling it and healing you for 174 + spell power × .175.

IsolateLevel 26
16% of base mana1 min cooldownInstant30 yd

Isolate yourself or an ally, reducing all threat by 100% for 10 sec.

Entropic HostLevel 27
14% of base mana15 sec cooldownInstant40 yd

A void entity inhabits the ally target, healing them for 0 + spell power × 0.32 every 0 sec for 0 sec. At the end of the duration, the entity will jump to another nearby ally.

After being affected by Entropic Host 2 times the target cannot benefit from it again.

Void EmbraceLevel 299 ranks
36% of base mana30 sec cooldownInstant

Consumes 60 Insanity
Emanate an aura for up to 12 sec, healing up to 10 allies within 40 yds for (12 × 1000 / 3) × (156 + spell power × 0.11467) over 12 sec and applying Void-Touched with each tick.

Dark VeilLevel 31
30% of base mana2 min cooldownInstant60 yd

Channel a shield of void energies upon an ally, causing both you and them to absorb 800 + your level + bonus healing × 1 + attack power × .25 damage, stacking 5 times, every 1 sec for 5 sec.

At the end of the duration, if the shield holds, you teleport to them.

While channeling you are immune to stuns and silences. Not usable on yourself.

Devour CurseLevel 31
25% of base mana1 sec cast40 yd

Devour dark magic on an ally, dispelling 2 curse effects from them and healing you for 90 + spell power × .65.

SatiateLevel 32
3 min cooldownInstant

Channel for 6 sec, generating 5 Insanity and regenerating 5% of your maximum mana every 0.5 sec, but increase damage taken by 20%.

Whispers of Yogg-SaronLevel 32
27% of base manaInstant30 yd

Destabilizes magic used against the targeted party member. Reduces all spell damage taken by 5% and reduces all healing taken by 5%.

Dark InfusionLevel 346 ranks
30% of base manaInstant40 yd

3 Charges, 30 sec recharge
Infuse an ally with dark energy, healing them for 395 the next time they take damage. When the heal occurs, Dark Infusion is consumed and expands to the two lowest-health nearby party or raid members. Each secondary infusion heals when triggered, then expands to three nearby allies.

Eldritch ShockLevel 363 ranks
8 sec cooldownInstant40 yd

Unleashes eldritch power at the target, dealing 609 + spell power × 0.4641 Shadow damage to an enemy or healing an ally for 475 + BH × 0.416018, draining 20 Insanity.

Presence of Yogg-SaronLevel 40
30% of base manaInstant

Assume a crazed Presence, giving damage dealt a 30% chance to deal 16 + your level + spell power × 0.18 Shadow damage to your target and reduce their casting speed by 30% for 6 sec.

You may only have 1 Presence active at a time.

Instill DespairLevel 4511 ranks
9% of base mana10 sec cooldown1.5 sec cast40 yd

Defile an ally's weapon for 30 sec, granting 5% increased haste and giving them a 15% chance to steal 66 + (your level × 1.7-37 × 1.7) + spell power × 0.226 health from enemies they damage, healing for half of the amount stolen.

Restore SanityLevel 50
10% of base mana5 min cooldownInstant40 yd

Removes the Madness debuff from you or an allied Cultist, resetting the target's Insanity to 0.

Hand of Yogg-SaronLevel 57
18% of base mana2 min cooldownInstant20 yd

Tether yourself to an ally for 15 sec, increasing all damage they deal and reducing all damage they take by 15%.

Greater Void BlessingLevel 60
5% of base manaInstant30 yd

Empower party and raid members with a Void Blessing, restoring 33 mana every 5 seconds for 30 min.

Other abilities and procs (3)
Abyssal Guard
Instant

Increases the critical healing and critical strike chance of your Eldritch Mending by 10%.

Prophet of Doom
2 min cooldownInstant

Commence doomsaying, rooting you in place and making you unable to attack or cast regular spells, but granting you a host of new Prophet abilities. Lasts until cancelled.

While active, you generate 5 Insanity every 2 sec.

Cannot be used with Servant of Yogg-Saron.

Summon: Mindbender
40% of base mana1.5 sec cast

Summons a Mindbender to aid you in battle until dismissed.

This minion excels at supporting allies and can periodically heal allies within 40 yds.

Passives and talents (11)
SanityLevel 1Passive

Your sentient will naturally fights against the Old Gods' influence.

Drains 3 Insanity every 10 sec.

Abyssal ProtectionPassive

Increases your Stamina by 6% and reduces all magic damage taken by 4%.

Taking melee damage has a 40% chance to heal allies within 15 yd of you for 4 + (your level × 0.5), scaling with Intellect and spell power.

This effect cannot occur more than once every 10 sec.

Blade of Yogg-SaronPassive

Damage dealt by Blade of the Empire now heals the lowest health ally for 35% of the damage dealt plus (151 + your level + BH × 0.4 + attack power × .1) × 0.5.

Blessing of Yogg-Saron2 ranksPassive

Transform into a servant of Yogg-Saron, extending the duration of Herald of the Depths by 5 sec and increasing your critical strike chance by 20% for until cancelled.

Usable while stunned, feared, or polymorphed and removes all stun, fear, and polymorph effects.

Dark MatterPassive

Channeling Satiate now heals all allies within 30 yds for 65 + your level + bonus healing × .2 every 1 sec for 10 sec.

Devour EssencePassive

Devour Curse now dispels one beneficial magic effect from an enemy.

Herald of The Black EmpirePassive

Removes the cast time from Entropic Host and Summon: Mindbender and reduces the cooldown of Slumberquell Ementation and Maddening Scripture by 10 sec.

Lingering ProtectionPassive

Abyssal Reconstruction's damage reduction effect now lasts for an additional 10 sec but its effectiveness is reduced by 5%.

Protection From Light10 ranksPassive

Reduces all Holy Damage and Fire Damage taken by an ally by 40% for 10 sec. While active, the ally is Healed for 236 every 2 sec.

Saronite MindPassive

Your Eldritch Eye now affects 1 additional cast.

Visions of the EmpirePassive

Increases the damage converted into healing through Abyssal Covenant by 10%.

Playable races

Alliance

HumanDwarfNight ElfGnomeDraenei

Horde

OrcUndeadTaurenTrollBlood Elf

Proficiencies

What this class can equip from the start. In Conquest of Azeroth these come from the class itself, not your race.

ClothLeatherMailPlateShieldDaggersPolearmsStavesTwo-Handed AxesWands

Tips

  • Your main stat is Strength: prefer gear with it. Wear Plate armor when you can.
  • Abilities are learned automatically at the level shown; the specialisation passives shape how each build plays.
  • Mix and match with the other 21 classes - dungeons and raids need tanks, healers and damage of every kind.