Affliction Warlock – The War Within Season 1

Our Affliction Warlock – The War Within Season 1 Guide prepares you for all the adventures in World of Warcraft’s first Season of The War Within! Check out our War Within S1 Affli Lock Guide here on Your-MMO.com

Affliction Warlock – The War Within Season 1

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Best Embellishments for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used in all scenarios. These items are crafted by players with the respective crafting profession. The current most popular Embellishments are:

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Haste
Mastery
Critical Strike
Versatility

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Haste
Mastery
Critical Strike
Versatility

Most used Trinkets for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

Both lists show the currently best Trinkets in either a Single Target situation or Multi Target combat. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your unique situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. The see a full overview of Trinkets – visit Bloodmallet.

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Changes to Affliction Warlock in The War Within

In The War Within, many classes have received significant changes to their talent trees and tuning. One of the new features in The War Within are the Hero Talents, unlocked at Level 71 and allowing players to choose between two spec-altering Hero Classes.

All Changes in Patch 11.0.0

WARLOCK

Demon Skin now creates an absorb for 0.12/0.24% maximum health (was 0.2/0.4%) and may stack up to 5/10% of your maximum health (was 8/15%).
Fixed an issue where Lifeblood was giving Leech higher than the intended amount.
Affliction
- Unstable Affliction damage increased by 45%.
- Darkglare damage increased by 55%.
- Soul Rot damage increased by 60%.
- Agony damage increased by 40%.
- Malefic Rapture damage increased by 20%.
- Fixed an issue where Phantom Singularity was not correctly applying Infirmity to secondary targets.
- Fixed an issue where Tormented Crescendo was not correctly checking if the target had Unstable Affliction, Corruption/Wither, and Agony.
- Fixed an issue where Cull the Weak was not correctly increasing the damage of the first 4 targets damaged by Malefic Rapture.

Gems, Enchants and Consumables

Best Gems in Season 1

Regarding the Stat Priority listed below, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Some classes want to maximize the gain received from their Blasphemite Gems by socketing all possible different colors of Gems.

xxxxx (Maximum 1)

xxxxx (Green)
xxxxx (Purple)
xxxxx (Red)
xxxxx (Blue)
xxxxx (Orange)

Best Enchants in Season 1

Enchants with Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed or Leech) can vary by player preference.

Cloak: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Chest: Primary Stats	XXX
Bracers: Avoidance/Leech/Speed	XXX
Boots: Stamina	XXX
Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina	XXX
Rings: Secondary Stat before Diminishing Returns (30%)	XXX
Weapon: Primary Stats	XXX

Best Consumables in Season 1

This following list is an overview of all items that players should have in their inventory at all times. These consumables are often a necessity for Mythic dungeons or Raid content and provide a large boost in players performance.

Flask	xxxxx
Potion	xxxxx or xxxxx
Food	xxxxx
Oil	xxxxx
Healing Potion	xxxxx
Invisibility Potion	xxxxx
Drums	xxxxx
Repair Hammer	xxxxx
Combat Rezz	xxxxx

Builds and Talents

Our Talent Trees are updated every day, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid. We gathered all information about our Talent Builds from publicly available data of the best players worldwide.

Last Update: 19.12.2024 2:00pm PDT

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Mythic Dungeons

Raid Single Target

Raid Multi Target

Gear and Trinkets in The War Within Season 1

Best Embellishments for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

Most used Trinkets for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

Beware that Healer trinkets are not included in this list.

Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

The following list contains various items from either Dungeons or Raid which benefit a generic Affliction Warlock the most. You should always make sure to follow your stat priority and equip gear that has either higher itemlevel, or ensure that it is an upgrade by checking Raidbots.

Dungeon Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX

Raid Gear in The War Within Season 1

Helmet	XX
Necklace	XX
Shoulders	XX
Cloak	XX
Chest	XX
Wrists	XX
Gloves	XX
Belt	XX
Pants	XX
Boots	XX
Rings	XX XX
Weapons	XX

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

The further we will get into the current expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit the effectiveness of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% through secondary stats (eg. ~19800 Haste) on your gear, you will start receiving a penalty for each further point on your gear. This penalty reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this threshold.

Stat Priority can differ on every player due to the different gear being used. Make sure to check your own character on Raidbots to get the perfect results for you! A general overview for secondary stats is as follows.

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1 (Mythic Dungeons)

Intellect
Haste
Mastery
Critical Strike
Versatility

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1 (Raid Content)

Intellect
Haste
Mastery
Critical Strike
Versatility

General Rotation for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

For both Hero Classes we offer a general rotation overview. Beware that this is not an in-depth guide how to play your favorite class in each situation, but instead grant newer players insight about how to play and master the basics of their class.

Rotation Example for Affliction Warlock

Pre-cast Haunt 2.5 seconds before the pull.
Cast Vile Taint in AoE.
Cast Unstable Affliction before the pull.
Cast Agony on pull.
Cast Corruption on pull.
Cast Drain Soul or Shadow Bolt to max stack Shadow Embrace.
Cast Phantom Singularity.
Cast Soul Rot.
Cast Summon Darkglare.
Cast Malefic Rapture as many times as possible, or down to 2 Shards if playing Oblivion.
Cast Oblivion.
Continue to maintain DOT effects and play around Malefic Rapture damage windows.

Best Race for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 1

Each race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific class. We would suggest that players choose the race of their choice, regardless of the power gained. Anyways, here is a list of the different Races and their performance.