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Affliction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 18 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Rated Battlegrounds characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Saintlaürënt

Saintlaürënt

<Women of PVP>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Siphon Life
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (Hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Gateway Mastery
Nether Ward
Jinx
Travisrott

Travisrott

<RUNQ>Area 52 (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Siphon Life
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Hatefury Rituals
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Shadow Rift
Soul Swap
Apeaggro

Apeaggro

Tichondrius (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Gateway Mastery
Nether Ward
Jinx

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Affliction Warlock is
Versatility > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike

Most Used Races

The best race for a Affliction Warlock for the Alliance is Night Elf and for the Horde is Orc

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

60% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

24% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 198 primary stat for 20 sec.

4% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Venomous Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 244 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Most Used 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

32%

+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

17%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Most Used 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

72%

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 45 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Feet35%
  • Wrist31%
  • Back25%
  • Waist6%
  • Head2%
  • Chest2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

18%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 2,674 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet38%
  • Wrist25%
  • Waist19%
  • Back13%
  • Head6%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

8%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 2,088 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 150%
  • Ring 233%
  • Neck17%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

72%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

62%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

4%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

74%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Bright Linen Spellthread

2%

+24 Intellect

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

72%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

4%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

74%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

42%

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 50 characters in this dataset selected each talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Fel Domination
68%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
60%
Fel Pact
6%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
50%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
92%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
44%
Infernal Beneficiary
26%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
98%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
96%
Empowered Healthstone
94%
Abyss Walker
78%
Fortified Soul
90%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
36%
Gorefiend's Avarice
36%
Frequent Donor
96%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
54%
Demonic Resilience
66%
Empowered Drain Life
24%
Strength of Will
98%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
10%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
90%
Fel Synergy
62%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
82%
Pact of Gluttony
96%
Soulburn
94%
Blight of Tongues
16%

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
44%
Withering Bolt
70%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
100%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Grimoire of Sacrifice
100%
Cull the Weak
80%
Malediction
40%
Sudden Onset
98%
Eye Contract
16%
Malefic Grasp
26%
Nether Plating
8%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
96%
Contagion
38%
Shard Instability
88%
Niskaran Methods
100%
Potent Soul Shards
88%
Impetuous Wrath
88%
Xavius' Gambit
90%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
98%
Seeds of Destruction
16%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
36%
Cascading Calamity
86%
Death's Embrace
96%
Hedonic Gorging
12%
Sow the Seeds
10%
Shadow of Nathreza
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

84%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

56%

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

50%

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

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

38%

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

28%

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

28%

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

Soul Swap

Soul Swap

8%

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.

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.

Essence Drain

Essence Drain

4%

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