Mists of Pandaria Classic Affliction Warlock Pre-Raid Gear

The following list is considered to be pre-raid best in slot for Affliction Warlocks. This will be a list of the best gear you can get before stepping foot into any raid, along with some important optional pieces to help you either gain more Hit Rating or achieve your 4-set faster. Make sure you choose HIT RATING pieces of gear or reforge/gem for Hit until you've reached the 15% (5100 rating) Hit cap. We use August Stone Fragments to fill in a large portion of the Pre-Raid Gear. These are easily farmed inside of Celestial Dungeons, then you can take your August Stone Fragments to your Factions Avatar of the August Celestials to purchase the items listed below. Your gear list will follow the stat priority of the Affliction Warlock spec, which is as follows:

1. Hit Rating (15% - 5100 rating is Hit Cap)
2. Intellect
3. Mastery Rating
4. Critical Strike Rating
5. Haste Rating

For more information on the Affliction Warlocks Stats and Stat Priority, check out our Affliction Warlock Stats and Stat Priority Guide.

Although we provide recommended reforging in the lists below, we also recommend installing the Reforgelite Classic addon to easily calculate your optimal reforging with any gear setup. It will automatically reforge your gear to your prefered stats in a couple clicks.

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Affliction Warlock Best in Slot Gear guide.

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Mists of Pandaria Pre-Raid Sets

Phase 1 Pre-Raid

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Pre-Raid Best in Slot

Slot	Item	Reforge	Source
Helm	Falling Blossom Cowl	—	Tailoring
Neck	Destroyer's Battletags	—	1250 Valor Points
Shoulder	Mantle of the Thousandfold Hells	—	August Stone Fragments
Cloak	Deadly Glare Cape Static-Collecting Cloak	—	August Stone Fragments
Chest	Robes of the Thousandfold Hells	—	August Stone Fragments
Bracer	Frostborn Wristwraps	—	August Stone Fragments
Hands	Gloves of the Thousandfold Hells	—	Nalak at Isle of Giants
Belt	Terrorful Weave	—	Oondastya at Isle of Giants
Legs	Leggings of the Thousandfold Hells	Crit → Mastery	Nalak at Isle of Giants
Boots	Scarlet Sandals - (Horde)	Crit → Mastery	(H) Armsmaster Harlan in Scarlet Halls
Ring 1	Eye of Oondasta	—	Oondastya at Isle of Giants
Ring 2	Ro'shak's Remembrance	—	August Stone Fragments
Trinket 1	Wushoolay's Final Choice	—	August Stone Fragments
Trinket 2	Breath of the Hydra	—	August Stone Fragments
Main Hand Weapons	Athame of the Sanguine Ritual	—	August Stone Fragments
Off-Hand	Fetish of the Hydra	Crit → Mastery	August Stone Fragments

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Enchants and Gems guide.