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Affliction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 10 hours 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

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
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Dröwzy

Dröwzy

<Jake From Statefarm>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Shadow Rift
Selvarra

Selvarra

<Daddys Angels>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Shadowfury
Blight of Tongues

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Grimoire of Sacrifice

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Hatefury Rituals
Illhoof's Design

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Shadow Rift

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 Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

94% 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 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

2% 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 Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 208 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

2% 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)

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

46%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

17%

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

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

104%

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.

  • Wrist38%
  • Feet33%
  • Waist15%
  • Back8%
  • Head6%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

52%

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.

  • Wrist31%
  • Feet27%
  • Waist19%
  • Back15%
  • Head8%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

26%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,165 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 154%
  • Ring 238%
  • Neck8%

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

88%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

10%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

74%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

8%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

88%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

4%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

80%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

12%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

80%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

70%

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
76%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
50%
Fel Pact
2%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
48%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
90%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
56%
Infernal Beneficiary
38%
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
94%
Empowered Healthstone
74%
Abyss Walker
88%
Fortified Soul
76%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
46%
Gorefiend's Avarice
40%
Frequent Donor
98%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
42%
Demonic Resilience
88%
Empowered Drain Life
14%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
0%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
94%
Fel Synergy
60%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
82%
Pact of Gluttony
98%
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
96%
Improved Haunt
98%
Absolute Corruption
100%
Cunning Cruelty
42%
Withering Bolt
86%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
100%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Grimoire of Sacrifice
100%
Cull the Weak
78%
Malediction
34%
Sudden Onset
100%
Eye Contract
8%
Malefic Grasp
12%
Nether Plating
6%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
100%
Contagion
28%
Shard Instability
86%
Niskaran Methods
100%
Potent Soul Shards
94%
Nocturnal Yield
86%
Xavius' Gambit
88%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
100%
Seeds of Destruction
18%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
46%
Cascading Calamity
80%
Death's Embrace
100%
Patient Zero
18%
Sow the Seeds
18%
Shadow of Nathreza
98%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

92%

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

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

46%

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.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

44%

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

38%

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

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

30%

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

24%

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

14%

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

8%

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.