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Affliction Warlock

  • 3v3
  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Affliction Warlock on the 3v3 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

Mercetwo

Mercetwo

<Enterprising LLC>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

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
Nether Ward
Jinx
Garboman

Garboman

<마지막처럼>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Improved Shadow Bolt
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Jinx
Soul Rip
Diabòlical

Diabòlical

<AFK in Goldshire>Sargeras (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Improved Shadow Bolt
Absolute Corruption
Summoner's Embrace

Talents (hero)

Friends In Dark Places
Shared Fate
Eternal Servitude

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

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

73% 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)

13% 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)

3% of the best players use this combination
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)

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 156 primary stat for 20 sec.

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

44%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

20%

+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 Arcanoweave Lining on a Feet item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

107%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Feet39%
  • Wrist22%
  • Waist17%
  • Head11%
  • Back6%
  • Legs2%
  • Chest2%
  • Hands2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

58%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Wrist37%
  • Feet31%
  • Back14%
  • Head11%
  • Waist6%
Hunt

Hunt

10%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have the chance to grant 85 secondary stats for 15 sec based on the target creature's type.

  • Main Hand67%
  • Off Hand33%

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

85%

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

67%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

5%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

75%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

8%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

92%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

3%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

67%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

42%

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
95%
Soul Leech
95%
Burning Rush
3.3%
Fel Pact
5%
Demon Skin
95%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
95%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
3.3%
Demonic Embrace
95%
Nightmare
75%
Demonic Fortitude
95%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
95%
Curse of Tongues
76.7%
Infernal Beneficiary
60%
Mortal Coil
95%
Pact of the Annihilan
95%
Demonic Circle
95%
Pact of the Satyr
95%
Improved Mortal Coil
93.3%
Dark Pact
95%
Foul Mouth
83.3%
Empowered Healthstone
68.3%
Abyss Walker
93.3%
Fortified Soul
63.3%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
75%
Gorefiend's Avarice
33.3%
Frequent Donor
95%
Pact of the Eredar
95%
Pact of the Nathrezim
15%
Demonic Resilience
91.7%
Empowered Drain Life
1.7%
Strength of Will
95%
Demonic Gateway
95%
Howl of Terror
91.7%
Swift Artifice
3.3%
Soul Link
95%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
93.3%
Fel Synergy
70%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
83.3%
Pact of Gluttony
95%
Soulburn
95%
Blight of Weakness
3.3%

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
95%
Unstable Affliction
95%
Seed of Corruption
95%
Nightfall
95%
Haunt
95%
Shared Agony
95%
Drain Soul
95%
Improved Haunt
95%
Absolute Corruption
95%
Cunning Cruelty
73.3%
Withering Bolt
93.3%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
95%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
95%
Practiced Pestilence
95%
Summon Darkglare
93.3%
Summoner's Embrace
95%
Cull the Weak
76.7%
Malediction
18.3%
Sudden Onset
88.3%
Eye Contract
13.3%
Malefic Grasp
1.7%
Nether Plating
5%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
91.7%
Contagion
8.3%
Shard Instability
95%
Niskaran Methods
90%
Potent Soul Shards
90%
Nocturnal Yield
76.7%
Xavius' Gambit
93.3%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
95%
Seeds of Destruction
1.7%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
38.3%
Cascading Calamity
93.3%
Death's Embrace
93.3%
Patient Zero
1.7%
Sow the Seeds
1.7%
Shadow of Nathreza
285%

Best PvP Talents

Jinx

Jinx

95%

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

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

67%

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

37%

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.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

30%

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.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

10%

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.

Soul Swap

Soul Swap

5%

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.

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

3%

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.