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Affliction Warlock

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  • Last Updated: 13 hours ago

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

Dean

Dean

<Medium>Frostmourne (us)

Talents (class)

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Talents (spec)

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Talents (hero)

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Talents (pvp)

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)

Bwc

Bwc

<hehe xd>Aegwynn (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Improved Shadow Bolt
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

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
Haste > Versatility > 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

40% 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)

33% 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 206 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)

16% 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

29%

+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 Devouring Banding on a Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

100%

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.

  • Wrist34%
  • Feet29%
  • Head12%
  • Back10%
  • Waist7%
  • Hands3%
  • Shoulders2%
  • Chest2%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

31%

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.

  • Wrist33%
  • Back28%
  • Feet17%
  • Waist17%
  • Head6%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

21%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,142 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 142%
  • Ring 242%
  • Neck17%

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

5%

Flexweave Underlay

3%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

84%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

3%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

64%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

9%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

78%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

7%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

55%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

19%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

62%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

50%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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
75.9%
Soul Leech
91.4%
Burning Rush
48.3%
Fel Pact
3.4%
Demon Skin
91.4%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
91.4%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
37.9%
Demonic Embrace
91.4%
Nightmare
72.4%
Demonic Fortitude
91.4%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
91.4%
Curse of Tongues
44.8%
Infernal Beneficiary
37.9%
Mortal Coil
91.4%
Pact of the Annihilan
91.4%
Demonic Circle
91.4%
Pact of the Satyr
91.4%
Improved Mortal Coil
86.2%
Dark Pact
91.4%
Foul Mouth
77.6%
Empowered Healthstone
75.9%
Abyss Walker
72.4%
Fortified Soul
72.4%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
32.8%
Gorefiend's Avarice
58.6%
Frequent Donor
86.2%
Pact of the Eredar
91.4%
Pact of the Nathrezim
31%
Demonic Resilience
70.7%
Empowered Drain Life
48.3%
Strength of Will
91.4%
Demonic Gateway
91.4%
Howl of Terror
89.7%
Swift Artifice
8.6%
Soul Link
91.4%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
82.8%
Fel Synergy
56.9%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
67.2%
Pact of Gluttony
86.2%
Soulburn
91.4%
Blight of Tongues
5.2%

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
91.4%
Unstable Affliction
91.4%
Seed of Corruption
91.4%
Nightfall
91.4%
Haunt
91.4%
Shared Agony
91.4%
Drain Soul
91.4%
Improved Haunt
84.5%
Absolute Corruption
91.4%
Cunning Cruelty
60.3%
Withering Bolt
77.6%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
91.4%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
91.4%
Practiced Pestilence
91.4%
Summon Darkglare
87.9%
Summoner's Embrace
91.4%
Cull the Weak
77.6%
Malediction
39.7%
Sudden Onset
87.9%
Eye Contract
10.3%
Malefic Grasp
8.6%
Nether Plating
10.3%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
87.9%
Contagion
36.2%
Shard Instability
77.6%
Niskaran Methods
89.7%
Potent Soul Shards
72.4%
Nocturnal Yield
75.9%
Xavius' Gambit
81%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
91.4%
Seeds of Destruction
12.1%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
37.9%
Cascading Calamity
75.9%
Death's Embrace
89.7%
Patient Zero
12.1%
Sow the Seeds
10.3%
Shadow of Nathreza
269%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

86%

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

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

50%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

36%

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

33%

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.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

24%

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

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

22%

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.

Essence Drain

Essence Drain

16%

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

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

5%

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.

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.