Affliction Warlock DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.2.5

Due to the simplicity of determining upgrades with a simulation in the current era of the game, we recommend using the popular tool Raidbots to determine which pieces of gear offer the most potential for your character. The main reason why this is a huge advantage is due to the huge number of variables that differ from character to character, such as Azerite Traits, Stat Quotients, and Scale Factors.

The Top Gear function can be especially useful, as it allows you to compare multiple items and item types to find the best combination of upgrades.

Learning to use the tools available will allow you to reach the most accurate conclusions with the least effort. It is highly recommended you avail yourself of these tools, and they will serve you well when evaluating items.

Patch 8.2 introduces a new type of gear themed around Nazjatar and The Eternal Palace. While doing activities in the new zone, you will have the opportunity to obtain Bind on Account tokens that can be used to get baseline 385 gear. These tokens can proc with tertiary stats and, most importantly, a socket. You can then upgrade those items up to 425 item level with Prismatic Manapearls.

Of all the Benthic gear available, 4 items in particular are extremely valuable for raiding: Waveblade Farseer's Bindings, Poen's Deepsea Gloves, Akana's Reefstrider Soles, Vim's Scalecrusher Belt, and the situational Shirakess Cinch, which works on 2 bosses in The Eternal Palace.

If you manage to get these items with a socket, it is unlikely you will replace them, even with Mythic 445 gear.

Here we have provided a list of the best available items from The Eternal Palace, which may be advantageous for players who have little interest in Mythic+ Dungeons or Player vs. Player.

When considering the usage of Seals of Wartorn Fate, it is often best to roll bosses that can provide Azerite Armor.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Headdress of the First Empire Handmaiden's Cowl of Sacrifice	Residuum Vendor Radiance of Azshara
Shoulders	Amice of the Returned Fathom-Feeder's Mantle	Residuum Vendor Blackwater Behemoth
Cloak	Cloak of Ill Tidings	Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha
Chest	Vestments of Creeping Terror	Za'qul, Harbinger of Ny'alotha
Wrists	Waveblade Farseer's Bindings Sea Sculptor's Cuffs	Benthic Gear Radiance of Azshara
Gloves	Poen's Deepsea Gloves Gloves of Unshackled Arcana	Benthic Gear Radiance of Azshara
Belt	Vim's Scalecrusher Belt Belt of Blind Devotion Shirakess Cinch	Benthic Gear Radiance of Azshara Benthic Gear
Legs	Seawrath Legwraps	Abyssal Commander Sivara
Boots	Akana's Reefstrider Soles Slippers of the Sorceress-Queen	Benthic Gear Queen Azshara
Ring #1	Boralus Noble's Seal	Lady Ashvane
Ring #2	Cursed Lover's Ring	Queen Azshara
Weapon	Pashmar's Finial	The Queen's Court
Off-Hand	Stormtamer's Orb	The Queen's Court

This list illustrates some of the best available dungeon items for the Affliction Warlock specialization.

Bear in mind that this list is a template rather than an end point. We recommend simming using the Top Gear function to find the best setup for your character, which can depend on factors such as Talents, Azerite Traits, and Stat Distribution.

Many of these items can actually out-perform their "Raid Best in Slot" counterparts, particularly at extremely high item levels or if you are lucky enough to receive a Titanforged version of one of them.

Please refer to the Trinket Simulation section below for details on Trinkets.

Slot	Item	Source
Helm	Grasping Crown of the Deep	Viq'Goth (Siege of Boralus)
Shoulders	Amice of the Returned	Gorak Tul (Waycrest Manor)
Cloak	Drape of the Loyal Vassal	Vol'kaal (Atal'Dazar)
Chest	Robes of the Reborn Serpent	Avatar of Sethraliss (Temple of Sethraliss)
Wrists	Iron-Kelp Wristwraps	Viq'Goth (Siege of Boralus)
Gloves	Captain's Dustfinders	Viq'Goth (Siege of Boralus)
Belt	Ouroborial Sash	Merektha (Temple of Sethraliss)
Legs	Bloodstained Sous Chef Pants	Raal the Gluttonous (Waycrest Manor)
Boots	Deranged Alchemist's Slippers	Rixxa Fluxflame (The MOTHERLODE!!)
Ring #1	Loop of Pulsing Veins	Elder Leaxa (The Underrot)
Ring #2	Footbomb Championship Ring	Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler (The MOTHERLODE!!)
Weapon	Staff of the Lightning Serpent	Adderis and Aspix (Temple of Sethraliss)

For information about what Azerite traits to choose and what the best items are, see our Azerite page.

In The Eternal Palace, we have access to new powerful trinkets. Azshara's Font of Power is the best on-use trinket to line up with all cooldowns. Leviathan's Lure is the best passive trinket for single-target, and Shiver Venom Relic is a close third option.

The new modular trinket from Mechagon is a powerful option when slotted with a reasonably high item level yellow punchcard and the Cyclotronic Blast in the red punchcard slot.

Highborne Compendium of Storms is the Inscription trinket introduced in Patch 8.2 and it is currently an extremely solid option, despite being 400 item level.

Balefire Branch is currently overshadowed by trinkets found in The Eternal Palace but it is a solid option obtainable from Waycrest Manor nevertheless. The on-use effect lines up naturally every Summon Darkglare. Alternatively Ignition Mage's Fuse from Tol'Dagor is another option, which lines up with Dark Soul: Misery.

The best trinkets from World quests and Emissary Rewards are Pearl Diver's Compass, First Mate's Spyglass, and Incessantly Ticking Clock.

The only trinket from World Bosses worth of note is Azurethos' Singed Plumage.

The last trinket worth mentioning is the World Drop BoE Leyshock's Grand Compilation.