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Affliction Warlock

  • Mythic+
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 23 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Affliction Warlock on the Mythic+ 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

Saf

Saf

<Just Pull>The Maelstrom (eu)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Shadowfury
Strength of Will
Blight of Tongues

Talents (spec)

Summoner's Embrace
Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude
Friends In Dark Places

Talents (hero)

Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude
Friends In Dark Places
Pigson

Pigson

Stormrage (us)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Shadowfury
Strength of Will

Talents (spec)

Summoner's Embrace
Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Feast of Souls
Gorefiend's Resolve
Friends In Dark Places

Talents (hero)

Feast of Souls
Gorefiend's Resolve
Friends In Dark Places
Stupedlock

Stupedlock

<The Wooly Mammoth>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

Howl of Terror
Strength of Will
1265799

Talents (spec)

Summoner's Embrace
Drain Soul
Absolute Corruption
Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude
Friends In Dark Places

Talents (hero)

Feast of Souls
Eternal Servitude
Friends In Dark Places

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Affliction Warlock is
Critical Strike > Haste > Mastery > Versatility

Best Races

The best race for a Affliction Warlock for the Alliance is Dwarf and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

53% of the best players use this combination
Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 616 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 191 for 10 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 34 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

20% of the best players use this combination
Heart of Wind

Heart of Wind

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to awaken the Heart of Wind, surrounding you with strong gales that increase your Haste by 264 for 10 sec.

Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 752 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 233 for 10 sec. (2 Min Cooldown)

9% of the best players use this combination
Soulcatcher's Charm

Soulcatcher's Charm

Equip: Your damaging spells have a chance to haunt the target, dealing 33,323 Shadow damage over 12 sec. If the target dies while haunted, the effect transfers to a nearby enemy, inflicting 150% of the Shadow damage over the remaining duration.

Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 752 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 233 for 10 sec. (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 Deadly Peridot
Flawless Deadly Peridot

Flawless Deadly Peridot

24%

+16 Haste & +7 Critical Strike

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

Indecipherable Eversong Diamond

22%

+32 Primary Stat

Flawless Quick Garnet

Flawless Quick Garnet

18%

+16 Critical Strike & +7 Haste

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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

144%

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.

  • Wrist48%
  • Back38%
  • Waist8%
  • Shoulders4%
  • Feet3%
Hunt

Hunt

49%

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

  • Main Hand100%
Loa Worshiper's Band

Loa Worshiper's Band

4%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to charge the band, calling forth the avatar of a Loa to assist you in combat. Each unique socketed gem color in your gear allows for different Loa to be summoned. These effects range from dealing damage to your foes or granting you temporary power.

  • Ring 250%
  • Ring 150%

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.
Back icon

Back

Flexweave Underlay

2%

Goblin Glider

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

96%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

58%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

18%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Zandalari Crafting

2%

Kul Tiran Crafting

Shadowlands Gathering

2%

Shadowlands Gathering

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Arcanoweave Spellthread

2%

+41 Intellect & +4% Mana

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

75%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision

15%

Enchant Weapon - Jan'alai's Precision

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

82%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

78%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Wrist icon

Wrist

Shaded Hearthing

2%

Shaded Hearthing

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
100%
Soul Leech
0%
Burning Rush
100%
Fel Pact
3.6%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
76.4%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
1.8%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
20%
Curse of Exhaustion
92.7%
Curse of Tongues
94.5%
Infernal Beneficiary
5.5%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
80%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
96.4%
Empowered Healthstone
98.2%
Abyss Walker
5.5%
Fortified Soul
100%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
3.6%
Gorefiend's Avarice
49.1%
Frequent Donor
96.4%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
94.5%
Demonic Resilience
16.4%
Empowered Drain Life
36.4%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Shadowfury
94.5%
Swift Artifice
89.1%
Soul Link
98.2%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
27.3%
Fel Synergy
38.2%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
81.8%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Tongues
65.5%

Soul Harvester

Hero class image
Wicked Reaping
100%
Feast of Souls
100%
Gorefiend's Resolve
100%
Necrolyte Teachings
100%
Demoniac's Fervor
100%
Sataiel's Volition
100%
Quietus
100%
Soul Anathema
100%
Friends In Dark Places
100%
Demonic Soul
21.8%
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
78.2%
Absolute Corruption
100%
Cunning Cruelty
70.9%
Withering Bolt
36.4%
2 / 2
Creeping Death
100%
2 / 2
Dark Harvest
100%
Practiced Pestilence
100%
Summon Darkglare
100%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Cull the Weak
100%
Malediction
12.7%
Sudden Onset
90.9%
Eye Contract
67.3%
Malefic Grasp
1.8%
Nether Plating
94.5%
Sacrolash's Dark Strike
23.6%
Contagion
96.4%
Shard Instability
23.6%
Niskaran Methods
83.6%
Potent Soul Shards
92.7%
Nocturnal Yield
90.9%
Xavius' Gambit
9.1%
2 / 2
Ravenous Afflictions
100%
Seeds of Destruction
90.9%
2 / 2
Fatal Echoes
9.1%
Cascading Calamity
9.1%
Death's Embrace
100%
Patient Zero
90.9%
Sow the Seeds
90.9%
Shadow of Nathreza
100%