Affliction Warlock DPS Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.7)

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 2 Overall BiS List for Affliction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 2 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	Spliced Fiendtrader's Transcendence (684)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine
Shoulder	Spliced Fiendtrader's Loyal Servants (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Cloak of Questionable Intent (684)	The MOTHERLODE!!
Chest	Spliced Fiendtrader's Surgical Gown (684)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (681) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	King's Malicious Clutches (684)	Darkflame Cleft
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Overcharged Delves
Legs	Spliced Fiendtrader's Skin Tights (684)	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Cloudstrider Soles (684)	The Rookery
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Hoop of the Blighted	The Rookery
Trinket #1	Mug's Moxie Jug (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	House of Cards (684)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine
Weapon	Scalding Queenmaker's Shiv (684)	Cinderbrew Meadery
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (681) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

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The War Within Season 2 Raid BiS List for Affliction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 2 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	Spliced Fiendtrader's Transcendence (684)	One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Neck	Semi-Charmed Amulet (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Shoulder	Spliced Fiendtrader's Loyal Servants (684)	Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Cloak	Undercircuit Racing Flag (684)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Chest	Spliced Fiendtrader's Surgical Gown (684)	Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (681) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	Golden Handshakers (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Overcharged Delves
Legs	Spliced Fiendtrader's Skin Tights (684)	Stix Bunkjunker in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault
Boots	Spliced Fiendtrader's Soles (684)	Matrix Catalyst
Ring #1	The Jastor Diamond (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Ring #2	Miniature Roulette Wheel (684)	Theater of Pain
Trinket #1	Eye of Kezan (684)	Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine
Trinket #2	Mug's Moxie Jug (684)	Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine
Weapon	Blastfurious Machete (684)	Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine/Great Vault
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (681) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

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The War Within Season 2 Mythic+ BiS List for Affliction Warlock

The following list contains the Best in Slot Gear for Affliction Warlock in The War Within Season 2 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	Spliced Fiendtrader's Transcendence (684)	Matrix Catalyst
Neck	Strapped Rescue-Keg (684)	Cinderbrew Meadery
Shoulder	Spliced Fiendtrader's Loyal Servants (684)	Matrix Catalyst
Cloak	Cloak of Questionable Intent (684)	The MOTHERLODE!!
Chest	Spliced Fiendtrader's Surgical Gown (684)	Matrix Catalyst
Bracers	Consecrated Cuffs (681) with Writhing Armor Banding and Critical Strike + Mastery	Crafted — Tailoring
Gloves	King's Malicious Clutches (684)	Darkflame Cleft
Belt	Durable Information Securing Container with Static Charge (701)	Overcharged Delves
Legs	Spliced Fiendtrader's Skin Tights (684)	Matrix Catalyst
Boots	Deranged Alchemist's Slippers (684)	The MOTHERLODE!!
Ring #1	Fleshfused Circle (684)	Theater of Pain
Ring #2	Hoop of the Blighted	The Rookery
Trinket #1	Signet of the Priory (684)	Priory of the Sacred Flame
Trinket #2	Synergistic Brewterializer (684)	Cinderbrew Meadery
Weapon	Fleshcrafter's Knife (684)	Theater of Pain
Off-Hand	Vagabond's Torch (681) with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension and Critical Strike + Versatility	Crafted — Inscription

Patch 11.1.7 introduces 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 684 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

Patch 11.0.7 introduces a new ring, Cyrce's Circlet, that can be acquired by completing several activities on Siren Isle. The ring features three sockets, which let players choose one of four different gems in each of the three sockets, for a total of new 12 gems.

Since socketed gems scale in power the ring should be considered only when stacked against similar or lower item level options until fully upgraded, as the aim of Patch 11.0.7 is to offer a character progression associated with the new zone. Once fully upgraded the ring is essentially a over-budgeted 639 item level, and should be considered as part of the Best in slot list, especially in lieu of being a deterministic acquisition which does not requires raid vault drops.

As far as Season 2 gearing is concerned, the ring in its best configuration is between 1.7 to 3.4% behind fully upgraded Mythic rings alternatives.

The following list features what are generally considered the best gems, nevertheless it is highly recommended to sim yourself to figure out the best choices and combinations for your specific gear and the specific gems and other rings you already own:

• For raid, Thunderlord's Crackling Citrine offers slightly better damage in pure single target than Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, and should be paired with Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Legendary Skipper's Citrine.
• For Mythic+/AoE, Stormbringer's Runed Citrine, Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine and Legendary Skipper's Citrine offer the best combination.

For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!

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.

Wearing 2 and 4 pieces from the Rites of the Spliced Fiendtrader's Influence set gives you the following bonuses:

• Warlock Affliction 11.1 Class Set 2pc: Your damaging spells have a chance to hit a Jackpot! that increases your haste by 12% for 12 seconds. Casting Summon Darkglare always hits a Jackpot!.
• Warlock Affliction 11.1 Class Set 4pc: Hitting a Jackpot! also increases the damage of Unstable Affliction by 50% and causes Unstable Affliction to spread to up to 3 targets within 40 yds for 12 seconds.

Both bonuses offer a passive damage increase, and as such, there is no alteration in terms of talent choices or playstyle.

It is important to note that achieving the Warlock Affliction 11.1 Class Set 4pc is a higher gain than having the set on the sub-optimal slots.

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

Puzzling Cartel Chip is a returning system which allows to purchase up to 3 specific items from the Liberation of Undermine. For Mythic level gear the additional requirement is to kill at least once the boss that drops a given item.

Listed below are the items in order of relevance for overall gearing, with priority based on what offer the most value and what may also be rarer to obtain from individual boss kills:

• House of Cards strongest on use trinket for all Warlock spec;
• Mug's Moxie Jug strongest passive trinket for Affliction/Destruction;
• The Jastor Diamond best ring but also classified as rare drop;
• Eye of Kezan useful trinket for progress fights longer than 6 minutes.

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.