Affliction Warlock DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.2)

Welcome to our Gearing Page for Affliction Warlock. This section will cover everything you need to know about equipping your character correctly.

If you have a new piece of gear for which you need gems and enchant advice, you can find everything on our dedicated page below.

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BiS Gear for Affliction Warlock

Overall BiS list Raid BiS List Mythic+ BiS List

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The War Within Season 3 Overall BiS List for Affliction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 3 from all sources, including Raiding, Mythic+, Delves, The Great Vault, and Crafted.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Cowl of Branching Fate (723)	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly (723)	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Inquisitor's Gaze of Madness (723)	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps (723)	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Inquisitor's Robes of Madness (723)	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (720) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Inquisitor's Clutches of Madness (723)	Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Delves
Legs	Inquisitor's Leggings of Madness (723)	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Interloper's Silken Striders (723)	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha (723)	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge (723)	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Azhiccaran Parapodia (723)	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Weapon	Voidglass Kris (723)	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (720) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

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The War Within Season 3 Raid BiS List for Affliction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 3 from Raiding, The Great Vault, and Crafted, and thus aimed at those who do not want to engage with Mythic+.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Twilight Tyrant's Veil (723)	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Neck	Salhadaar's Folly (723)	Nexus King Salhadaar in Manaforge Omega
Shoulder	Inquisitor's Gaze of Madness (723)	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps (723)	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Inquisitor's Robes of Madness (723)	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (720) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Inquisitor's Clutches of Madness (723)	Soulbinder Naazindhri in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Delves
Legs	Inquisitor's Leggings of Madness (723)	Loom’ithar in Manaforge Omega/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Interloper's Silken Striders (723)	The Soul Hunters in Manaforge Omega
Ring #1	Logic Gate: Alpha (723)	Plexus Sentinel in Manaforge Omega
Ring #2	Band of the Shattered Soul	Dimensius The All Devouring in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #1	Araz's Ritual Forge (723)	Forgeweaver Araz in Manaforge Omega
Trinket #2	Diamantine Voidcore (723)	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Weapon	Voidglass Kris (723)	Fractillus in Manaforge Omega
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (720) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

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The War Within Season 3 Mythic+ BiS List for Affliction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 3 from Mythic+, The Great Vault, Crafted and is aimed towards those who do not have access to Raid drops.

Note that there is no such thing as a singular, all-encompassing "BiS". The best items vary per character and situation, and many items are essentially equivalent in terms of DPS, namely when we are just shuffling secondary stats around. I will list one "BiS" item per slot, but ultimately, BiS lists are not very practically useful and you should be simming your character to find out what gear to equip next. Nonetheless, there is a huge demand for this list, and thus, you can use the list below as a guideline as to what an endgame set of gear looks like.

Slot	Item	Source/Note
Helm	Cowl of Branching Fate (723)	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Neck	Sin Stained Pendant (723)	Halls of Atonement
Shoulder	Inquisitor's Gaze of Madness (723)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Reshii Wraps (723)	11.2 Campaign
Chest	Inquisitor's Robes of Madness (723)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (720) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Inquisitor's Clutches of Madness (723)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Delves
Legs	Inquisitor's Leggings of Madness (723)	Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Membranous Slippers (723)	The Dawnbreaker
Ring #1	Devout Zealot's Ring (723)	The Dawnbreaker
Ring #2	Ring of the Panoply	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory (723)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket #2	Azhiccaran Parapodia (723)	Eco-Dome Al'dani
Weapon	Timetwister Tulwar (723)	Tazavesh, the Veiled Market
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (720) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

In Season 3 players will be introduced to a new legendary item, Reshii Wraps initially from the main questline. This cloak comes with a special effect specific to roles and can be customised by inserting Fibers which can determine the secondary stat bonus associated.

Being a legendary unique item from the patch this cloak will increase in power over time, and there are be several avenues in which to scale its power up:

• Weekly drops which can raise the item level up to 730 (with a catchup system in place);
• Interloper's Silken Striders and Band of the Shattered Soul dropping in the Manaforge Omega raid;
• Reaching Renown 6 with the Manaforge Vandals increase the amount of secondary stats the cloak gives while inside the Manaforge Omega raid.

For Warlocks Versatility is the most convenient Fiber to pick, by being generally helpful both offensively and defensively, and being a stat not focused in the general gearing strategy.

For more information on Reshii Wraps follow the link below.

Patch 11.1.7 introduced Overcharged Delves and a questline that culminates in the acquisition of a new belt, Durable Information Securing Container designed to be the Best in Slot until later in Season 3.

For more information on how to acquire or upgrade the belt, make sure to check out our dedicated Overcharged Delves guide!

Durable Information Securing Container features a base item level at 723 that can be upgraded on a weekly basis until 701 (presumably with a catch-up mechanic), and a special socket that holds 1 of 9 special gems freely swappable outside of combat.

The following bonuses yields the higher overall dps:

• Raid or Single target: Static Charge
• Mythic+: Static Charge

Spark of Omens will remain the main limiting factor when crafting high-end gear, as it can be acquired once every two weeks by combining two Fractured Spark of Omens and 250 Valorstones.

At the start of a tier, it will be possible to craft two pieces (the first from the initial quest and the second from the initial bi-weekly reward).

It is essential to understand that your crafting strategy depends heavily on the kind of progress and therefore drops available, the speed at which you progress through the content and whatever drop you can obtain early. As a result, there will not be a single best path, instead listed below will be some guidelines:

Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension on the offhand weapon and Writhing Armor Banding is the overall best combination as it does scale into multitarget as opposed to Elemental Focusing Lens.

The long-term solution is to directly craft both using sparks at the highest item level possible, but that does imply dropping a Mythic level Main hand through Mythic plus before entering in Mythic Raid the second week.

An alternative is to craft both main hand and offhand combo using sparks and leave wrists at lower item level, which would offer a higher spike in power at the expense of requiring an additional spark in the long term, with the understanding that crafted main-hand weapons will need to be replaced by Mythic drops counterpart due to item level difference.

When doing Mythic+ content it may be more beneficial to run any combination of Duskthread Lining or Dawnthread Lining but doing so requires some consideration beforehand.

Since this tier the cloak slot will be occupied by a Legendary item, Durable Information Securing Container is very much relevant on the waist slot, and for those who have access to raid loot, Interloper's Silken Striders provide additional scaling, that leaves only 2 slots open:

• Crafting the Head piece, with the drawback of -3 item levels on a equivalent Mythic track item;
• Crafting the Hands slot instead requires to pick the Head from the tier;

If no raid loot is available then the decision is simplified towards Feet slot. Worth reminding the second slot remains the Wrists.

Bonuses for this set are centered around Wither and Blackened Soul passive damage, and while the resulting damage profile changes, there are no meaningful changes in terms of gameplay, other than trying to maximise the Shard consumption during Malevolence and talenting into Bleakheart Tactics over Hatefury Rituals.

• 2-piece set bonus: Warlock Hellcaller 11.2 Class Set 2pc
• 4-piece set bonus: Warlock Hellcaller 11.2 Class Set 4pc

Bonuses for this set offers even more passive damage, with no real implication in terms of rotational changes.

• 2-piece set bonus: Warlock Soul Harvester 11.2 Class Set 2pc
• 4-piece set bonus: Warlock Soul Harvester 11.2 Class Set 4pc

It is important to note that achieving 4 pieces is a higher gain than having the set on the sub-optimal slots.

The ideal setup has the Head slot as the off-set piece due to a more favourable stat distribution.

The easiest and most sensible way to compare multiple items is to use Raidbots' Top Gear. Here, you can input an export from the Simcraft AddOn, select the items to compare, and it will find out which of the items are best. See below for a guide on how to sim yourself.

DISCLAIMER: sims are currently being developed; therefore, take the following charts with a grain of salt.