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Affliction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 3 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

<Anima Temporis>Archimonde (eu)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury
1265799

Talents (spec)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Feast of Souls
Gorefiend's Resolve

Talents (pvp)

Rot and Decay
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Tøhuwabohu

Tøhuwabohu

<Rank One Inshallah>Blackmoore (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
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Mïta

Mïta

<Shamballa All Star>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)

Rot and Decay
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

80% 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.

6% 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)

4% 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

41%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

15%

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

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

14%

+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

78%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,492 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist36%
  • Feet26%
  • Waist21%
  • Back10%
  • Head8%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

46%

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%
  • Wrist22%
  • Waist22%
  • Head17%
  • Back9%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

34%

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 253%
  • Ring 141%
  • Neck6%

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

80%

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

76%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

6%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

4%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

86%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

2%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

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

12%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

64%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

52%

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 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
90%
Burning Rush
44%
Fel Pact
8%
Demon Skin
90%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
90%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
38%
Demonic Embrace
90%
Nightmare
72%
Demonic Fortitude
90%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
88%
Curse of Tongues
56%
Infernal Beneficiary
24%
Mortal Coil
90%
Pact of the Annihilan
90%
Demonic Circle
90%
Pact of the Satyr
90%
Improved Mortal Coil
86%
Dark Pact
90%
Foul Mouth
82%
Empowered Healthstone
70%
Abyss Walker
72%
Fortified Soul
78%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
30%
Gorefiend's Avarice
38%
Frequent Donor
88%
Pact of the Eredar
90%
Pact of the Nathrezim
42%
Demonic Resilience
74%
Empowered Drain Life
20%
Strength of Will
90%
Demonic Gateway
90%
Shadowfury
90%
Swift Artifice
2%
Soul Link
88%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
84%
Fel Synergy
52%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
82%
Pact of Gluttony
86%
Soulburn
88%
Blight of Tongues
10%

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
90%
Unstable Affliction
90%
Seed of Corruption
90%
Nightfall
90%
Haunt
90%
Shared Agony
90%
Drain Soul
88%
Improved Haunt
86%
Absolute Corruption
90%
Cunning Cruelty
46%
Withering Bolt
78%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
90%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
90%
Practiced Pestilence
90%
Summon Darkglare
88%
Grimoire of Sacrifice
90%
Cull the Weak
68%
Malediction
22%
Sudden Onset
90%
Eye Contract
10%
Malefic Grasp
12%
Nether Plating
8%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
88%
Contagion
32%
Shard Instability
76%
Niskaran Methods
90%
Potent Soul Shards
86%
Nocturnal Yield
80%
Xavius' Gambit
80%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
90%
Seeds of Destruction
16%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
30%
Cascading Calamity
76%
Death's Embrace
90%
Patient Zero
14%
Sow the Seeds
16%
Shadow of Nathreza
262%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

86%

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

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

44%

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

36%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

32%

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

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

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

6%

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

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.

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.

Bloodstones

Bloodstones

2%

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