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Affliction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 21 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

Darkwìngduck

Darkwìngduck

<減衰>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (Hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Soul Rip
Saintlaürënt

Saintlaürënt

<Women of PVP>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (Hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Shadow Rift
Dröwzy

Dröwzy

<Jake From Statefarm>Sargeras (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)

Gateway Mastery
Shadow Rift
Bonds of Fel

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

68% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

6% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 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)

6% 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)

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

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

23%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

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

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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

80%

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.

  • Wrist35%
  • Feet28%
  • Back28%
  • Waist7%
  • Head1%
  • Chest1%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

16%

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%
  • Wrist23%
  • Waist15%
  • Back15%
  • Head8%
Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

Stabilizing Gemstone Bandolier

8%

Equip: Double the gems, double the power! All Jewelcrafting embellishments operate at double strength.

  • Neck60%
  • Ring 120%
  • Ring 220%

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

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

10%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Falco Strikes

2%

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Heat Wave

2%

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Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

90%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

6%

Enchant Weapon - Worldsoul Tenacity

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

78%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

74%

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
72%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
54%
Fel Pact
2%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
48%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
92%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
42%
Infernal Beneficiary
30%
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
98%
Empowered Healthstone
98%
Abyss Walker
82%
Fortified Soul
92%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
32%
Gorefiend's Avarice
28%
Frequent Donor
96%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
36%
Demonic Resilience
80%
Empowered Drain Life
22%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
98%
Swift Artifice
4%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
94%
Fel Synergy
66%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
92%
Pact of Gluttony
90%
Soulburn
96%
Blight of Tongues
20%

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
94%
Absolute Corruption
100%
Cunning Cruelty
34%
Withering Bolt
72%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
98%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Grimoire of Sacrifice
100%
Cull the Weak
70%
Malediction
40%
Sudden Onset
98%
Eye Contract
18%
Malefic Grasp
50%
Nether Plating
6%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
98%
Contagion
30%
Shard Instability
94%
Niskaran Methods
98%
Potent Soul Shards
80%
Impetuous Wrath
90%
Xavius' Gambit
94%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
98%
Seeds of Destruction
14%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
50%
Cascading Calamity
88%
Death's Embrace
98%
Hedonic Gorging
10%
Sow the Seeds
14%
Shadow of Nathreza
96%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

90%

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

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

56%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

52%

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.

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

40%

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

26%

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

22%

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

Bloodstones

Bloodstones

4%

Your Healthstones are replaced with Bloodstones which increase their user's haste by 20% for 18 sec instead of healing.

Soul Swap

Soul Swap

4%

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

2%

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.

Bonds of Fel

Bonds of Fel

2%

Encircle enemy players with Bonds of Fel. If any affected player leaves the 12 yd radius they explode, dealing 11,140 Fire damage split amongst all nearby enemies.

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.