Affliction Warlock
- Rated Battlegrounds
- 35 players
- Last Updated: 2 days 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!
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Players
Stat Priority
Best Races
Best Items
Trinket Combinations
Astral Gladiator's Medallion
Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.
Astral Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity
Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 55 primary stat for 20 sec.
Astral Aspirant's Medallion
Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)
Diamantine Voidcore
Equip: Your spells have a chance to empower the Voidcore, granting you 41 Intellect for 15 sec. This chance is increased by 25% while below 25% mana. Multiple applications may overlap.
Pandora's Plea
Equip: Your spells have a chance to increase your Intellect by 76 for 10 sec.
Best Sockets
Quick Sapphire
+147 Versatility and +49 Haste
Versatile Emerald
+10 Haste and +3 Versatility
Cognitive Bloodstone
+12 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition
Best Embellishments
Elemental Focusing Lens
Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to deal 724 damage to your target. The magic school chosen is based upon your selection of socketed Khaz Algar gems.
- Ring 141%
- Ring 238%
- Neck16%
- Back2%
- Feet2%
- Wrist2%
Duskthread Lining
Equip: Your gear cools with Woven Duskthread and gains 6 Versatility when over 80% health.
- Feet50%
- Wrist50%
Concealed Chaos Component
Equip: When damaged below 40% maximum health, scatter 6 mines randomly around you for 8 sec. Enemies who step on these mines will suffer 4,545 Fire damage and be slowed by 70% for 4 sec. An enemy can only detonate 1 mine per emergency. Can only occur once every 2 min.
- Ring 1100%
Best Enchants
Back
Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 12 Speed and causing the cooldown of your Hearthstone to recover 15% faster while in Khaz Algar. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Chant of Leeching Fangs
Permanently enchants a cloak with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 18 Leech and heal for 1,527 every 5 sec while out of combat. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Chest
Crystalline Radiance
Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Crystalline Radiance
Permanently enchants a chestpiece with Earthen rune magic to increase your Intellect by 34. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Feet
Scout's March
Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a scout's swiftness, increasing Speed by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Defender's March
Permanently enchants a pair of boots with a defender's tenacity, increasing Stamina by 41. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Legs
Sunset Spellthread
Use: Apply Sunset Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 8 and Stamina by 8.
Frozen Spellthread
Use: Apply Frozen Spellthread to your leggings, permanently increasing its Intellect by 12 and Stamina by 9. (1 Sec Cooldown)
Main Hand
Authority of Radiant Power
Permanently enchants a weapon with the Authority of Radiant Power. Dealing damage has a chance to call upon that authority, smiting your target for 998 Radiant damage and temporarily increasing your Primary stat by 12. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Stormrider's Fury
Permanently enchants a weapon to sometimes grant you Storm's Fury, bestowing 21 Haste to you for 12 sec. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Ring
+21 Versatility
Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Versatility by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
+21 Haste
Permanently enchants a ring with Beledar's radiance, increasing Haste by 15. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
Wrist
+66 Speed
Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 46 Speed. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
+43 Leech
Permanently enchants bracers with ancient magic that chants with power, granting 38 Leech. Cannot be applied to items lower than level 70.
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
Soul Harvester
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Abyss Walker49%
Fortified Soul43%- Foul Mouth40%
- Empowered Healthstone40%
Teachings of the Black Harvest20%
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Best PvP Talents
Jinx
Casting a curse now applies Corruption and Agony to your target, but curses now costs 1 Soul Shard.
Rot and Decay
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.
Nether Ward
Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 3 sec, reflecting all harmful spells cast on you.
Impish Instincts
Taking direct Physical damage reduces the cooldown of Demonic Circle by 3 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 5 sec.
Shadow Rift
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
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
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
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 Swap
Copies your damage over time effects and Haunt from the target, preserving their duration. Your next use of Soul Swap within until canceled will exhale a copy damage of the effects onto a new target.
Bonds of Fel
Encircle enemy players with Bonds of Fel. If any affected player leaves the 8 yd radius they explode, dealing 2,765 Fire damage split amongst all nearby enemies.