Magic Warlock Build Guide

The Magic Warlock is a Damage-over-Time caster that locks enemies down with powerful Magic spells from the Chaos tree. Magic damage is one of the best types in the game since very few monsters are immune to it, making this build effective almost everywhere with minimal gear swaps. It plays smoothly as a starter build and scales well into endgame farming.

The core loop is straightforward: use Miasma Chain as your main skill for packs, drop Abyss on large groups, and let the DoT finish everything off. Summon a Defiler and Consume it for a temporary Magic damage boost when you need extra burst.

Skill Build

Since the Warlock is new, optimal allocations are still being refined. Below are the core skills for a Magic-focused Chaos tree build.

Core Skills

Miasma Bolt

Single-target Magic DoT projectile. Your bread-and-butter early skill before Miasma Chain comes online.

Miasma Chain

Primary skill for the build. Chains between enemies applying Magic DoT to entire packs. Use this as your main attack once unlocked.

Enhanced Entropy

Passive that amplifies your Magic damage output. A core part of making the DoT scale into endgame.

Abyss

Large AoE Magic skill for wiping out dense packs. Drop it on big groups and let Miasma Chain handle the rest.

Support Skills

Levitation Mastery (1 point)

Lowers weapon requirements. A single point is enough to equip endgame staves and two-handers more easily.

Summon Defiler

Summons a Defiler that binds enemy souls. More importantly, it serves as fuel for Consume.

Consume

Devour a Defiler to gain a temporary Magic damage boost. Use before engaging tough packs or bosses for extra burst.

Stat Allocation

Strength

Enough for Gear

Dexterity

Enough for Gear

Vitality

Everything Else

Energy

None

Gear

The Warlock can use 2-handed weapons with a shield. Below are strong options for each slot.

Slot	Recommended Items
Weapon	Mang Song's Lesson, Obsession, Heart of the Oak
Swap	Call to Arms + Spirit
Shield	Spirit, Phoenix
Body Armor	Enigma
Helm	Harlequin Crest
Gloves	Trang-Oul's Claws or Magefist
Boots	Waterwalk, Sandstorm Trek
Belt	Arachnid Mesh, String of Ears
Ring 1	Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
Ring 2	Stone of Jordan or Bul-Kathos' Wedding Band
Amulet	Mara's Kaleidoscope, Seraph's Hymn, or +3 Warlock Chaos Skills rare
Charms	Hellfire Torch, Annihilus, 9x Chaos Skiller GCs (Life or FHR), 10x SCs (Life / Res / Mana / FHR), optional Magic Sunder Charm

Breakpoints

Faster Hit Recovery

Frames	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5
FHR Required	0%	5%	10%	16%	26%	39%	56%	86%	152%

Faster Cast Rate

Frames	15	14	13	12	11	10	9
FCR Required	0%	9%	18%	30%	48%	75%	125%

Faster Block Rate

Frames	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4
FBR Required	0%	6%	13%	20%	32%	52%	86%	174%

Mercenary

Hire an Act 2 Nightmare Desert Guard. Defensive (Holy Freeze) slows enemies for safer casting, while Offensive (Might) boosts your merc's own physical damage. Holy Freeze is the safer pick for this build since your damage comes from spells, not the merc.

Slot	Recommended Items
Weapon	Ethereal Insight or The Reaper's Toll
Body Armor	Ethereal Fortitude
Helm	Andariel's Visage socketed with a Ral rune