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Affliction Warlock

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  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 19 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

Langneur

Langneur

<Oblivìon>Archimonde (eu)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury
Blight of Tongues

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
Nether Ward
Jinx
Cringegame

Cringegame

<HARD SERVE>Kel'Thuzad (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Siphon Life
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Shadow Rift
Etqx

Etqx

<Complex>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)

Gateway Mastery
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 Night Elf and for the Horde is Dracthyr

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

84% 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 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.

Thalassian Competitor's Medallion

Thalassian Competitor's Medallion

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

2% 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

44%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

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

Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

13%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

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

86%

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.

  • Wrist30%
  • Feet23%
  • Back14%
  • Waist12%
  • Head12%
  • Hands5%
  • Legs5%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

66%

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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Feet30%
  • Wrist24%
  • Back15%
  • Waist12%
  • Head12%
  • Shoulders3%
  • Legs3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

24%

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 242%
  • Neck33%
  • Ring 125%

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%
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

76%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

12%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

8%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

2%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

60%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

30%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

100%

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
98%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
58%
Fel Pact
4%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
58%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
94%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
98%
Curse of Tongues
56%
Infernal Beneficiary
34%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
100%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
92%
Empowered Healthstone
84%
Abyss Walker
86%
Fortified Soul
88%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
56%
Gorefiend's Avarice
24%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
32%
Demonic Resilience
92%
Empowered Drain Life
6%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
2%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
98%
Fel Synergy
38%
1 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
80%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Tongues
6%

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
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
26%
Withering Bolt
94%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
100%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Cull the Weak
92%
Malediction
44%
Sudden Onset
100%
Eye Contract
14%
Malefic Grasp
14%
Nether Plating
6%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
98%
Contagion
32%
Shard Instability
86%
Niskaran Methods
94%
Potent Soul Shards
76%
Nocturnal Yield
94%
Xavius' Gambit
98%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
100%
Seeds of Destruction
4%
1 / 2
Fatal Echoes
44%
Cascading Calamity
92%
Death's Embrace
96%
Patient Zero
2%
Sow the Seeds
2%
Shadow of Nathreza
100%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

100%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

60%

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

58%

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

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

36%

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.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

22%

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

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

16%

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.

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.