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Affliction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 35 minutes ago

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

Dröwzy

Dröwzy

<Jake From Statefarm>Sargeras (us)

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)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Soul Swap
Kylex

Kylex

<Spaß mit Flaggen>Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Nether Ward
Jinx
Cursêxo

Cursêxo

Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Siphon Life
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Rot and Decay
Essence Drain
Jinx

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 Undead

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

43% 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)

18% 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 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)

15% 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 188 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

37%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

19%

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

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

12%

+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 Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

82%

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.

  • Wrist37%
  • Feet31%
  • Waist16%
  • Head10%
  • Back6%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

38%

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 148%
  • Ring 239%
  • Neck13%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

35%

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.

  • Wrist43%
  • Feet24%
  • Back14%
  • Waist14%
  • Head5%

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

67%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

7%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

55%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

5%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

60%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Bright Linen Spellthread

5%

+16 Intellect

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

63%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

13%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

60%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

45%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

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
80%
Soul Leech
96.7%
Burning Rush
38.3%
Fel Pact
8.3%
Demon Skin
96.7%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
96.7%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
35%
Demonic Embrace
96.7%
Nightmare
80%
Demonic Fortitude
96.7%
Banish
1.7%
Curse of Exhaustion
96.7%
Curse of Tongues
58.3%
Infernal Beneficiary
46.7%
Mortal Coil
96.7%
Pact of the Annihilan
96.7%
Demonic Circle
95%
Pact of the Satyr
96.7%
Improved Mortal Coil
90%
Dark Pact
96.7%
Foul Mouth
91.7%
Empowered Healthstone
71.7%
Abyss Walker
73.3%
Fortified Soul
78.3%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
41.7%
Gorefiend's Avarice
56.7%
Frequent Donor
93.3%
Pact of the Eredar
96.7%
Pact of the Nathrezim
40%
Demonic Resilience
78.3%
Empowered Drain Life
31.7%
Strength of Will
96.7%
Demonic Gateway
95%
Howl of Terror
96.7%
Swift Artifice
5%
Soul Link
95%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
86.7%
Fel Synergy
55%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
83.3%
Pact of Gluttony
90%
Soulburn
93.3%
Blight of Tongues
11.7%

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
96.7%
Unstable Affliction
96.7%
Seed of Corruption
96.7%
Nightfall
96.7%
Haunt
96.7%
Shared Agony
96.7%
Drain Soul
95%
Improved Haunt
93.3%
Absolute Corruption
96.7%
Cunning Cruelty
65%
Withering Bolt
83.3%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
96.7%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
95%
Practiced Pestilence
96.7%
Summon Darkglare
95%
Summoner's Embrace
96.7%
Cull the Weak
73.3%
Malediction
30%
Sudden Onset
96.7%
Eye Contract
11.7%
Malefic Grasp
18.3%
Nether Plating
16.7%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
95%
Contagion
25%
Shard Instability
75%
Niskaran Methods
95%
Potent Soul Shards
86.7%
Nocturnal Yield
81.7%
Xavius' Gambit
85%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
96.7%
Seeds of Destruction
18.3%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
33.3%
Cascading Calamity
75%
Death's Embrace
91.7%
Patient Zero
13.3%
Sow the Seeds
15%
Shadow of Nathreza
288.3%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

90%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

48%

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

32%

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

30%

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

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.

Soul Swap

Soul Swap

13%

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

8%

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

Bloodstones

Bloodstones

3%

Your Healthstones are replaced with Bloodstones which increase their user's haste by 20% for 12 sec instead of healing.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

3%

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.