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Affliction Warlock

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 17 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Affliction Warlock on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Squivy

Squivy

<Above Average PvP>Jubei'Thos (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Nether Ward
Jinx
Semuret

Semuret

<Beyond Skill>Sanguino (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Vezor

Vezor

<Victim Specs>Silvermoon (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Impish Instincts

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Affliction Warlock is
Versatility > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Affliction Warlock for the Alliance is Void Elf and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

90% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

4% of the best players use this combination
Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 835 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 259 for 10 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 37 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

4% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Affliction Warlock is Flawless Quick Lapis
Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

50%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

18%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Affliction Warlock is Arcanoweave Lining on a Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

112%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Intellect by 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Wrist29%
  • Feet27%
  • Back16%
  • Waist14%
  • Head11%
  • Legs2%
  • Chest2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

46%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,492 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet26%
  • Waist22%
  • Wrist17%
  • Back13%
  • Shoulders9%
  • Head9%
  • Legs4%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

20%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,133 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 140%
  • Ring 240%
  • Neck20%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

98%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

86%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

4%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

14%

+3 Stamina

Shadowlands Gathering

2%

Shadowlands Gathering

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

94%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

82%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

10%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

78%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

56%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Fel Domination
96%
Soul Leech
96%
Burning Rush
4%
Fel Pact
10%
Demon Skin
96%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
96%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
4%
Demonic Embrace
96%
Nightmare
84%
Demonic Fortitude
96%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
94%
Curse of Tongues
64%
Infernal Beneficiary
60%
Mortal Coil
96%
Pact of the Annihilan
96%
Demonic Circle
96%
Pact of the Satyr
96%
Improved Mortal Coil
96%
Dark Pact
96%
Foul Mouth
86%
Empowered Healthstone
76%
Abyss Walker
92%
Fortified Soul
74%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
72%
Gorefiend's Avarice
34%
Frequent Donor
96%
Pact of the Eredar
96%
Pact of the Nathrezim
16%
Demonic Resilience
90%
Empowered Drain Life
14%
Strength of Will
96%
Demonic Gateway
96%
Howl of Terror
96%
Swift Artifice
2%
Soul Link
96%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
94%
Fel Synergy
60%
1 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
86%
Pact of Gluttony
96%
Soulburn
96%
Blight of Tongues
6%

Soul Harvester

Hero class image
Wicked Reaping
100%
Shared Fate
100%
Eternal Servitude
100%
Necrolyte Teachings
100%
Demoniac's Fervor
100%
Sataiel's Volition
100%
Quietus
100%
Soul Anathema
100%
Friends In Dark Places
100%
Demonic Soul
100%
Shadow of Death
100%
Eternal Hunger
100%
Shared Vessel
100%
Manifested Avarice
100%
Agony
96%
Unstable Affliction
96%
Seed of Corruption
96%
Nightfall
96%
Haunt
96%
Shared Agony
96%
Drain Soul
96%
Improved Haunt
96%
Absolute Corruption
96%
Cunning Cruelty
50%
Withering Bolt
92%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
96%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
96%
Practiced Pestilence
96%
Summon Darkglare
96%
Summoner's Embrace
96%
Cull the Weak
84%
Malediction
34%
Sudden Onset
90%
Eye Contract
2%
Malefic Grasp
6%
Nether Plating
4%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
94%
Contagion
20%
Shard Instability
96%
Niskaran Methods
92%
Potent Soul Shards
88%
Nocturnal Yield
78%
Xavius' Gambit
94%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
96%
Seeds of Destruction
2%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
36%
Cascading Calamity
94%
Death's Embrace
96%
Patient Zero
2%
Sow the Seeds
2%
Shadow of Nathreza
288%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

88%

Casting a curse now applies Corruption and Agony to your target, but curses now costs 1 Soul Shard.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

76%

Taking direct Physical damage reduces the cooldown of Demonic Circle by 3 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 5 sec.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

52%

Increases the range of your Demonic Gateway by 20 yards, and reduces the cast time by 30%. Reduces the time between how often players can take your Demonic Gateway by 30 sec.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

38%

Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 3 sec, reflecting all harmful spells cast on you.

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

20%

Shadow Bolt damage increases the duration of your Corruption and Agony on the target by 2.0 sec. Drain Life and Drain Soul damage increases the duration of your Corruption and Agony on the target by 1.0 sec.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

8%

Fracture the soul of up to 3 target players within 20 yds into the shadows, reducing their damage done by 25% and healing received by 25% for 8 sec. Souls are fractured up to 20 yds from the player's location. Players can retrieve their souls to remove this effect.

Essence Drain

Essence Drain

2%

Whenever you heal yourself with Drain Life, the enemy target deals 9% reduced damage to you for 10 sec. Stacks up to 4 times.

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

2%

Conjure a Shadow Rift at the target location lasting 2 sec. Enemy players within the rift when it expires are teleported to your Demonic Circle. Must be within 40 yds of your Demonic Circle to cast.

Soul Swap

Soul Swap

2%

Copies your damage over time effects and Haunt from the target, preserving their duration. Your next use of Soul Swap within 10 sec will exhale a copy damage of the effects onto a new target.