Affliction Warlock DPS Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within (11.0.2)

This section covers your character's optimal gems, enchants, food, and flasks. To get a more detailed rundown of the different stats for Affliction Warlock, please visit the following dedicated Stats page.

It is highly recommended using Raidbots to sim your character's ideal gems and enchants, as they might differ from general recommendations.

The best stats for Raiding Affliction Warlocks are Mastery and Critical Strike, so that is what we will be gemming for.

You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit Effect, ideally Masterful Emerald/ Masterful Ruby/ Masterful Sapphire/ Deadly Onyx. Fill in remaining sockets with Deadly Onyx.

The best stats for Mythic+ Affliction Warlocks are Mastery and Critical Strike, so that is what we will be gemming for.

You should use Culminating Blasphemite in one socket. Then, you should ensure you have one gem of each type in other sockets to max out the Crit Effect, ideally Masterful Emerald/ Masterful Ruby/ Masterful Sapphire/ Deadly Onyx. Fill in remaining sockets with Deadly Onyx.

You should be drinking the Flask of Tempered Swiftness at all times.

Your stat potion should be Tempered Potion. Use these when you will do the most damage with your abilities, likely during your cooldowns and/or Bloodlust/ Heroism. You can also obtain Fleeting Tempered Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should keep a stock of Algari Healing Potions to use when at low health, and if you have a Warlock in the group, grab their Healthstones and use them as well. Do not macro these together, they are best used separately! You can also obtain Fleeting Algari Healing Potion from Cauldrons that can be spawned by Alchemists.

You should be eating from a Feast at all times, either Feast of the Divine Day, Feast of the Midnight Masquerade, or Hearty Feast of the Midnight Masquerade.

If Feasts are not available, eat Stuffed Cave Peppers instead.

In addition, if you can afford it, you should use Crystallized Augment Runes to increase your primary stat. Augment Runes are expensive, and disappear on death, so use them wisely!