Affliction Mythic+ Resources
1.
Affliction Warlock Overview
Affliction Warlock excels at sustaining single-target and
multiple-target damage. Most of your damage comes from applying harmful damage
over time effects (DoTs). This allows them to effectively cleave on targets
spread around an area, something many specializations struggle with or cannot
do. Like the other Warlock specializations, Affliction Warlocks bring the
Demonic Gateway ability to the raid, which can be an invaluable mobility
cooldown.
2.1.
New Content
The start of Season 1 open all the end game content available to players,
including the more challenging Prey and Delves.
Alongside is the return of Mythic+ dungeons, 3 Raids with 10 bosses, PvP and
a new Tier Set to acquire. Follow the links below for the respective
dedicated guides:
2.2.
Class Tuning
The first round of tuning announced for March 17 did not affect
specifically Affliction Warlocks, but there will be at least 2 more tuning
passes the week after and once the Race for World First has ended. The
following section will be updated when changes happen.
When it comes to tuning adjustments, our next planned pass is expected to arrive
with the Midnight Season 1 launch on March 17. Our next pass will follow immediately
afterwards utilizing data gathered during the week Heroic difficulties are available;
these changes will go live with the launch of Mythic raid difficulty and Mythic+ on
March 24.
Beyond these dates, we will look to perform more tuning passes based on data gathered
during the starting weeks of Mythic difficulty for Season 1 and the March on Quel’Danas
available the week of March 31.For these two passes we err on the side of caution with
the amount of tuning we do until their respective Mythic end-bosses die to avoid being
overly disruptive to progression. After these key dates we will have several check-in passes
planned roughly a month apart. Once players obtain higher item level and better optimized gear
sets, the throughput of several specs will shift up or down relative to others and we feel
it’s important to be diligent in looking at the current state of class balance as time goes on.
2.3.
Midnight Summary for Affliction Warlock
2.4.
Apex Talents
The most prominent feature of the expansion are the Apex talents which will
be gradually available during leveling. These points exist separate from the
tree and have to be invested sequentially in order to unlock the later
points.
Shadow of Nathreza
Shadow of Nathreza
Shadow of Nathreza
These talents mostly provide background power and do not affect the
rotation itself. However, they are largely responsible for Affliction's
ability to hard swap targets in a short timeframe, and thus help round up
the spec's toolkit.
2.5.
Summary of Changes
- Hero Talents received minor baseline changes and an addition of a fourth column.
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2.5.1. 
Hellcaller
Seeds of Their Demise was changed to
support 
Shard Instability talent- New Talent:
Through the Felvine increase the damage of
baseline shard spenders, doubled
during 
Malevolence
- New Talent:
Devil Fruit 
Wither has a chance to
grant Malevolence
- New Talent:
Alzzin's Iniquity Malevolence grants
additional Haste and casting the ability adds more Wither
stacks
2.5.2. 
Soul Harvester
Shadow of Death now triggers from 
Dark Harvest
since Soul Rot has been deprecated- New Talent:
Manifested Avarice each Succulent Soul
consumed has a chance to trigger 
Soul Swipe for additional
damage on all targets within 10 yards
- New Talent:
Shared Vessel increase Mastery by a
percentage which is doubled when Demonic Soul triggers
- New Talent:
Eternal Hunger increases duration and damage
of Manifested Avarice
- Substantial changes happened to core/rotational Affliction Warlock spells.
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Unstable Affliction is the baseline single target shard
spender
Malefic Rapture has been removed
Soul Rot, 
Vile Taint
and 
Phantom Singularity have been removed as a
consequence- Dark Harvest is a new 1 minute cooldown that deals
damage on every target affected by at least 1 baseline DoT
effect
Agony now has a maximum of 6 stacks and
with Sudden Onset the ramp time has been substantially
lowered- To apply more than 1 Agony per
cast, Shared Agony has been introduced
Summon Darkglare is a single target spell baseline that
function as a damage amplification, and now has supporting talents
such as Malefic Rapture and 
Nether Plating
Seed of Corruption is the main AoE shard spender and has
received supporting talents to increase its output in the likes
of Sow the Seeds, 
Patient Zero
and 
Nocturnal Yield
Death's Embrace damage bonus has been quadrupled
- Few noteworthy changes also happened to Warlockutility spells.
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Curse of Tongues and 
Curse of Exhaustion are now
separate talents
Foul Mouth has been added, allowing every curse to also
affect enemies around 10 yards of the main target- Blights were introduced, offering a more powerful version of
Curses, with a shorter duration and cooldown associated
Howl of Terror is now a choice node
with 
Shadowfury and has a new supporting talent
in 
Oppressive Darkness, reducing its cooldown and affecting
up to 10 targets
Health Funnel has been removed and its healing has been
added to 
Drain Life with 
Infernal Beneficiary
3.
Leveling a Affliction Warlock
We have a dedicated leveling guide to help you get your Affliction Warlock to
the max level, complete with many tips and suggestions.
4.
Basics of Affliction Warlock Gameplay
Affliction Warlock is a spec centered around Damage over Time effects,
cooldown periods that require a setup to get the most out of them, and a
relative amount of pet management. At its core, the gameplay is about generating
and spending the Warlock's iconic resource: Soul Shards.
The fundamentals are simple: maintain 
Corruption and Agony
on the target(s), spend your Soul Shards on Malefic Raptures or
Seed of Corruption, and cast 
Shadow Bolt in the
downtime.
If you are a newcomer to the spec but would like to learn the basics, start
browsing the Spell Summary
and head over to the page linked below:
For those more familiar with Warlocks, we invite you to check out the
Talents and Rotation pages for more detailed and in-depth information.
5.
How to Gear Up as Affliction Warlock
Due to the increased number of variables and different systems, picking gear
has become a much less intuitive and immediate process. Nevertheless, you can
find guidelines on the best way to equip your Affliction Warlock on our
dedicated gearing page, including the current Best in Slot equipment for the
current tier.
Equipping gear is not enough. You must also choose suitable consumables and
gear augments to maximize your character potential. Below is listed a page that
can guide you through those choices as well as a page to better understand the
implications each stat has on your Warlock.
6.
Changelog
Hellcaller
Soul Harvester
