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Affliction Warlock

  • Solo Shuffle
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 8 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Solo Shuffle 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

Kwcx

Kwcx

<kick while casting>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
Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude

Talents (PvP)

Rot and Decay
Nether Ward
Jinx
Langgy

Langgy

<Zero Tolerance>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Dark Accord

Talents (Specialization)

Improved Shadow Bolt
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Hatefury Rituals
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Gateway Mastery
Jinx
Impish Instincts
Langneuur

Langneuur

<Zero Tolerance>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Dark Accord
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Hatefury Rituals
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Gateway Mastery
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

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

70% 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.

8% 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 Badge of Ferocity

Venomous Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 320 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

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)

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

52%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

19%

+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

94%

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.

  • Wrist32%
  • Back32%
  • Feet26%
  • Waist9%
  • Head2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

4%

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.

  • Back50%
  • Waist25%
  • Wrist25%
M3ddy, Pocket-Sized

M3ddy, Pocket-Sized

4%

Equip: Upon your untimely demise outdoors, summon M3ddy to... medicalize you back to life! This effect can only occur every 30 minutes.

  • Wrist100%

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

96%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

4%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

88%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

6%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Falco Strikes

6%

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Eye of the Lynx

6%

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Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Bright Linen Spellthread

2%

+24 Intellect

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

78%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Rite of the Hash'ey

18%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

136%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

28%

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 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
98%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
12%
Fel Pact
8%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
12%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
94%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
72%
Infernal Beneficiary
88%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
96%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
94%
Empowered Healthstone
92%
Abyss Walker
90%
Fortified Soul
78%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
66%
Gorefiend's Avarice
48%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
6%
Demonic Resilience
96%
Empowered Drain Life
6%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
96%
Swift Artifice
6%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
98%
Fel Synergy
28%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
96%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Weakness
2%

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
16%
Withering Bolt
84%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
100%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Cull the Weak
74%
Malediction
18%
Sudden Onset
96%
Eye Contract
4%
Malefic Grasp
92%
Nether Plating
0%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
98%
Contagion
20%
Shard Instability
94%
Niskaran Methods
100%
Potent Soul Shards
72%
Impetuous Wrath
90%
Xavius' Gambit
100%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
100%
Seeds of Destruction
4%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
50%
Cascading Calamity
96%
Death's Embrace
100%
Hedonic Gorging
2%
Sow the Seeds
2%
Shadow of Nathreza
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

100%

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

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

68%

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

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

36%

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

Rot and Decay

Rot and Decay

32%

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.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

12%

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

4%

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.