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Affliction Warlock

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 13 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

Langneur

Langneur

<Anima Temporis>Archimonde (eu)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

Aneel

Aneel

<Honor Capped>Ravencrest (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
Aneel

Aneel

Burning Steppes (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)

Gateway Mastery
Nether Ward
Jinx

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

38% 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 Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

37% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

12% 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.

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

44%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

21%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

18%

+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 Feet item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

80%

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.

  • Feet31%
  • Wrist25%
  • Back21%
  • Head13%
  • Waist10%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

62%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet43%
  • Wrist32%
  • Head14%
  • Back8%
  • Waist3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

40%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,165 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 150%
  • Ring 250%

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

78%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

65%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

2%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Shadowlands Gathering

3%

Shadowlands Gathering

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

77%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

5%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

78%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

7%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

80%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

48%

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
91.7%
Soul Leech
91.7%
Burning Rush
10%
Fel Pact
6.7%
Demon Skin
91.7%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
91.7%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
5%
Demonic Embrace
91.7%
Nightmare
76.7%
Demonic Fortitude
91.7%
Banish
3.3%
Curse of Exhaustion
91.7%
Curse of Tongues
65%
Infernal Beneficiary
51.7%
Mortal Coil
91.7%
Pact of the Annihilan
91.7%
Demonic Circle
91.7%
Pact of the Satyr
91.7%
Improved Mortal Coil
88.3%
Dark Pact
91.7%
Foul Mouth
85%
Empowered Healthstone
65%
Abyss Walker
88.3%
Fortified Soul
80%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
61.7%
Gorefiend's Avarice
26.7%
Frequent Donor
91.7%
Pact of the Eredar
91.7%
Pact of the Nathrezim
11.7%
Demonic Resilience
83.3%
Empowered Drain Life
10%
Strength of Will
91.7%
Demonic Gateway
91.7%
Howl of Terror
90%
Swift Artifice
3.3%
Soul Link
91.7%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
88.3%
Fel Synergy
63.3%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
83.3%
Pact of Gluttony
91.7%
Soulburn
91.7%
Blight of Tongues
6.7%

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
91.7%
Unstable Affliction
91.7%
Seed of Corruption
91.7%
Nightfall
91.7%
Haunt
91.7%
Shared Agony
91.7%
Drain Soul
91.7%
Improved Haunt
88.3%
Absolute Corruption
91.7%
Cunning Cruelty
73.3%
Withering Bolt
88.3%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
91.7%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
91.7%
Practiced Pestilence
91.7%
Summon Darkglare
91.7%
Summoner's Embrace
91.7%
Cull the Weak
85%
Malediction
26.7%
Sudden Onset
80%
Eye Contract
6.7%
Malefic Grasp
3.3%
Nether Plating
3.3%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
90%
Contagion
16.7%
Shard Instability
86.7%
Niskaran Methods
80%
Potent Soul Shards
85%
Nocturnal Yield
78.3%
Xavius' Gambit
88.3%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
91.7%
Seeds of Destruction
3.3%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
25%
Cascading Calamity
88.3%
Death's Embrace
91.7%
Patient Zero
3.3%
Sow the Seeds
3.3%
Shadow of Nathreza
275%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

87%

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

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

52%

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

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

47%

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

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

35%

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.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

30%

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.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

10%

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.

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.

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.