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Affliction Warlock

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

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Affliction Warlock on the 3v3 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

Inferniøn

Inferniøn

<Victim Specs>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)

Rot and Decay
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Garboman

Garboman

<마지막처럼>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)

Jinx
Impish Instincts
Soul Rip
Mercetwo

Mercetwo

<Enterprising LLC>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Rot and Decay
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 Highmountain Tauren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

92% 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
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 Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

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

2% 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)

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

63%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

17%

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

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

14%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

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

168%

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.

  • Feet36%
  • Wrist23%
  • Head18%
  • Waist13%
  • Back10%
  • Legs1%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

24%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet42%
  • Waist25%
  • Back17%
  • Shoulders8%
  • Head8%
Void

Void

4%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have the chance to embolden you in Void Glass granting 60 Versatility over 15 sec. Multiple applications can overlap.

  • Main Hand50%
  • Off Hand50%

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.
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

84%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

2%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

4%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

2%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

90%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

6%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

134%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

34%

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
2%
Fel Pact
8%
Demon Skin
96%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
96%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
2%
Demonic Embrace
96%
Nightmare
86%
Demonic Fortitude
96%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
96%
Curse of Tongues
76%
Infernal Beneficiary
76%
Mortal Coil
96%
Pact of the Annihilan
96%
Demonic Circle
96%
Pact of the Satyr
96%
Improved Mortal Coil
94%
Dark Pact
96%
Foul Mouth
94%
Empowered Healthstone
76%
Abyss Walker
94%
Fortified Soul
74%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
78%
Gorefiend's Avarice
28%
Frequent Donor
96%
Pact of the Eredar
96%
Pact of the Nathrezim
10%
Demonic Resilience
96%
Empowered Drain Life
6%
Strength of Will
96%
Demonic Gateway
96%
Howl of Terror
96%
Swift Artifice
0%
Soul Link
96%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
96%
Fel Synergy
40%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
92%
Pact of Gluttony
96%
Soulburn
96%
Blight of Weakness
2%

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
30%
Withering Bolt
94%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
96%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
96%
Practiced Pestilence
96%
Summon Darkglare
94%
Summoner's Embrace
96%
Cull the Weak
88%
Malediction
26%
Sudden Onset
94%
Eye Contract
2%
Malefic Grasp
2%
Nether Plating
0%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
96%
Contagion
2%
Shard Instability
96%
Niskaran Methods
92%
Potent Soul Shards
96%
Nocturnal Yield
94%
Xavius' Gambit
96%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
96%
Seeds of Destruction
0%
1 / 2
Fatal Echoes
58%
Cascading Calamity
96%
Death's Embrace
96%
Patient Zero
0%
Sow the Seeds
0%
Shadow of Nathreza
286%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

92%

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

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

82%

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

44%

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

30%

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

30%

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

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

4%

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.