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Affliction Warlock

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  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 15 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

Soisixx

Soisixx

Zul'jin (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Dark Accord
Shadowfury
Blight of Tongues

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Shadow Rift
Langneur

Langneur

<Oblivìon>Archimonde (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
Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Etqx

Etqx

<iykyk>Blackrock (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Siphon Life
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 Dracthyr

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

82% 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.

6% 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)

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.

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

41%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

+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 Devouring Banding on a Feet item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

86%

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.

  • Feet23%
  • Wrist23%
  • Back19%
  • Waist16%
  • Head9%
  • Legs5%
  • Hands2%
  • Shoulders2%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

68%

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 30 and your ally's Primary Stat by 8.

  • Wrist38%
  • Back24%
  • Feet18%
  • Waist15%
  • Legs3%
  • Head3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

22%

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.

  • Neck45%
  • Ring 227%
  • Ring 127%

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

Flexweave Underlay

2%

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

72%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

12%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

6%

+3 Stamina

Shadowlands Gathering

2%

Shadowlands Gathering

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

96%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

2%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

66%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

24%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

84%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

60%

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
94%
Soul Leech
96%
Burning Rush
52%
Fel Pact
6%
Demon Skin
96%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
96%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
48%
Demonic Embrace
96%
Nightmare
88%
Demonic Fortitude
96%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
94%
Curse of Tongues
48%
Infernal Beneficiary
46%
Mortal Coil
96%
Pact of the Annihilan
96%
Demonic Circle
96%
Pact of the Satyr
96%
Improved Mortal Coil
92%
Dark Pact
96%
Foul Mouth
84%
Empowered Healthstone
80%
Abyss Walker
76%
Fortified Soul
82%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
54%
Gorefiend's Avarice
28%
Frequent Donor
94%
Pact of the Eredar
96%
Pact of the Nathrezim
32%
Demonic Resilience
78%
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
92%
Fel Synergy
40%
1 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
84%
Pact of Gluttony
96%
Soulburn
96%
Blight of Tongues
12%

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
94%
Improved Haunt
96%
Absolute Corruption
96%
Cunning Cruelty
42%
Withering Bolt
78%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
96%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
96%
Practiced Pestilence
96%
Summon Darkglare
96%
Summoner's Embrace
96%
Cull the Weak
90%
Malediction
42%
Sudden Onset
96%
Eye Contract
16%
Malefic Grasp
14%
Nether Plating
16%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
90%
Contagion
38%
Shard Instability
80%
Niskaran Methods
90%
Potent Soul Shards
70%
Nocturnal Yield
86%
Xavius' Gambit
86%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
94%
Seeds of Destruction
12%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
38%
Cascading Calamity
84%
Death's Embrace
90%
Patient Zero
10%
Sow the Seeds
10%
Shadow of Nathreza
288%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

94%

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

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

64%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

50%

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.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

30%

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

28%

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.

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

14%

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

6%

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.