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Affliction Warlock

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 17 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated 3v3 characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Langgy

Langgy

<Zero Tolerance>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Dark Accord

Talents (Specialization)

Improved Shadow Bolt
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Hatefury Rituals
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Langneuur

Langneuur

<Zero Tolerance>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (Hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Rennerswig

Rennerswig

Zul'jin (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (Hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Soul Rip

Stat Priority

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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

68% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 314 primary stat for 20 sec.

16% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

4% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Most Used 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

52%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

17%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

17%

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

Most Used 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

100%

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 67 and your ally's Primary Stat by 17.

  • Wrist33%
  • Feet31%
  • Back27%
  • Waist6%
  • Head2%
Hunter's Ritual Stone

Hunter's Ritual Stone

2%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to grant 101 of a random secondary stat for 15 sec. While on a Prey Hunt this effect is increased by 50%. This bonus is only available outdoors while hunting prey.

  • Off Hand100%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

96%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

4%

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

2%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Falco Strikes

2%

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Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

96%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

2%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

88%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Rite of the Hash'ey

8%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

108%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

52%

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 50 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

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

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Fel Domination
100%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
2%
Fel Pact
16%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
2%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
92%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
88%
Infernal Beneficiary
74%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
96%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
92%
Empowered Healthstone
90%
Abyss Walker
98%
Fortified Soul
82%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
78%
Gorefiend's Avarice
34%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
6%
Demonic Resilience
98%
Empowered Drain Life
2%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
98%
Swift Artifice
2%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
100%
Fel Synergy
38%
1 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
96%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Tongues
2%

Soul Harvester

Hero class image
Wicked Reaping
100%
Feast of Souls
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
100%
Unstable Affliction
100%
Seed of Corruption
100%
Nightfall
100%
Haunt
100%
Shared Agony
100%
Drain Soul
100%
Improved Haunt
100%
Absolute Corruption
100%
Cunning Cruelty
16%
Withering Bolt
88%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
100%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Cull the Weak
56%
Malediction
16%
Sudden Onset
98%
Eye Contract
2%
Malefic Grasp
82%
Nether Plating
0%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
100%
Contagion
16%
Shard Instability
98%
Niskaran Methods
100%
Potent Soul Shards
72%
Impetuous Wrath
96%
Xavius' Gambit
100%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
100%
Seeds of Destruction
2%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
70%
Cascading Calamity
100%
Death's Embrace
100%
Hedonic Gorging
2%
Sow the Seeds
0%
Shadow of Nathreza
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

96%

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

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

68%

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

52%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

34%

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.

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

24%

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

18%

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.

Bonds of Fel

Bonds of Fel

4%

Encircle enemy players with Bonds of Fel. If any affected player leaves the 12 yd radius they explode, dealing 11,140 Fire damage split amongst all nearby enemies.

Soul Swap

Soul Swap

4%

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.