Affliction Warlock Review of Soul Harvester Hero Talents - Empowering Affliction With Demonic Souls
Blizzard revealed nearly all the Hero Talent Trees with the launch of the War Within Alpha and subsequent builds.
Our Affliction Warlock guide writer, Kalamazi, offers an early review of the Soul Harvester Hero Talents that may seem passive at first look but offers some relatively in-depth interactions that may change gameplay heading into the new expansion.
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Soul Harvester Affliction Review
Soul Harvester is the new Affliction-Demonology Hero talent tree coming in The War Within and while the tree may seem a bit «passive» on the surface, there are a handful of relatively in-depth interactions that may change Affliction's gameplay heading into the new expansion. Demonic Soul is what the Soul Harvester talent tree builds upon, greatly empowering your Malefic Rapture by summoning a Demonic Soul whenever you proc a Succulent Soul based Soul Shard. This effect is also guaranteed for a 15 second duration every time that you cast Soul Rot, which is now a permanent 1 minute cooldown, due to the recent removal of Soul-Eater's Gluttony. Certain effects such as Shared Fate and Quietus can also spiral out of control very quickly, bringing with them an exceptionally strong amount of burst and priority funnel in a sense.
Breaking down Demonic Soul
Keystone: Demonic Soul
As mentioned, Demonic Soul is the main ability in which the Soul Harvester tree builds upon. Demonic Soul causes a Demonic Entity to now inhabit your soul, at times causing random Soul Shards
