Affliction Warlock PvP Guide (Dragonflight 10.2.5)

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00 by Chanimal 8 comments
General Information

This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play Affliction Warlock in a PvP environment. The guide will cover everything from talent choices, PvP talents, gameplay and rotation, and useful racial bonuses. It is most applicable to Arena content, but most talents and racial bonuses will work in Rated Battlegrounds and skirmishes.

If you were looking for TBC Classic content, please refer to our TBC Warlock PvP guide.

1.

Affliction Warlocks in Dragonflight PvP

Affliction Warlocks struggle against melee. However, they perform well into casters and have the potential to do incredible amounts of spread damage. If left alone for a few seconds, they can easily apply their DoTs to multiple targets and begin melting entire teams simultaneously. If an Affliction Warlock is being focused by enemies, it is difficult to deal damage. However, abilities like Soul Swap Icon Soul Swap help to alleviate this problem.

2.

Patch 10.2.5

The only notable change for Patch 10.2.5 is Soul Rot Icon Soul Rot being moved to Shadow school from Nature school. Aside from that, Affliction Warlocks do not have any notable changes for Patch 10.2.5. Listed below are the recent changes made in Patch 10.2.

  • A talent revamp, with Grand Warlock's Design Icon Grand Warlock's Design reducing Summon Darkglare Icon Summon Darkglare cooldown by a flat 30 seconds.
  • Jinx Icon Jinx, a new PvP talent. Casting any Curse now also applies Corruption Icon Corruption and Agony Icon Agony, but now costs 1 Soul Shard.
  • Corruption Icon Corruption damage increased by 25%.
  • Agony Icon Agony damage increased by 40%.
  • Unstable Affliction Icon Unstable Affliction damage increased by 40%.
  • Rampant Afflictions Icon Rampant Afflictions now reduces damage of Unstable Affliction Icon Unstable Affliction by 50%.
  • Oblivion Icon Oblivion Soul Shard cost reduced to 2 from 3.
  • Rapid Contagion Icon Rapid Contagion has been removed.
  • Soul-Eater's Gluttony Icon Soul-Eater's Gluttony now reduces Soul Rot Icon Soul Rot cooldown by a flat 15/30 seconds.
  • Demon Skin Icon Demon Skin grants an additional 45/90% armor increase.
3.

Affliction Warlock Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths icon Strengths
  • +Great spread damage
  • +Good against teams with low self-healing or no hybrids
Weaknesses icon Weaknesses
  • -Struggle to cast against teams with many interrupts
  • -Lack of reliable crowd control
  • -Only one casting school
4.

Changelog

  • 15 Jan. 2024 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
  • 15 Jan. 2024 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
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  • 06 Nov. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
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  • 06 Nov. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
  • 06 Nov. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
  • 04 Sep. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
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  • 04 Sep. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
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  • 10 Jul. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
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  • 09 May 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
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  • 09 May 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
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  • 09 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
  • 09 May 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
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  • 21 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 21 Mar. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 16 Mar. 2023 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
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  • 16 Mar. 2023 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
  • 16 Mar. 2023 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
  • 16 Mar. 2023 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
  • 16 Mar. 2023 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7.
  • 16 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
  • 16 Mar. 2023 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (races): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (gear): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 30 Jan. 2023 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (races): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 11 Dec. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (races): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (macros): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (comps): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (gear): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (talents): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 22 Nov. 2022 (this page): Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 30 Jul. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 31 May 2022 (races): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 31 May 2022 (macros): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 31 May 2022 (playstyle): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 31 May 2022 (comps): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
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  • 31 May 2022 (talents): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 31 May 2022 (this page): Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 02 Mar. 2022 (races): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
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  • 02 Mar. 2022 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
  • 02 Mar. 2022 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
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  • 02 Mar. 2022 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
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  • 17 Nov. 2021 (races): Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.5.
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  • 17 Nov. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.5.
  • 17 Nov. 2021 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.5.
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  • 17 Nov. 2021 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.5.
  • 17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
  • 17 Nov. 2021 (this page): Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
  • 11 Aug. 2021 (gear): Added mention of the Shackles trinket and Domination Shards.
  • 06 Jul. 2021 (races): Reviewed for Shadowlands 9.1.
  • 06 Jul. 2021 (macros): Reviewed for Shadowlands 9.1.
  • 06 Jul. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
  • 06 Jul. 2021 (comps): Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
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  • 06 Jul. 2021 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.
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  • 30 Mar. 2021 (races): Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
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  • 30 Mar. 2021 (playstyle): Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
  • 30 Mar. 2021 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
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  • 30 Mar. 2021 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
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  • 08 Jan. 2021 (talents): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
  • 07 Jan. 2021 (macros): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
  • 07 Jan. 2021 (comps): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
  • 01 Jan. 2021 (races): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
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  • 01 Jan. 2021 (gear): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
  • 27 Dec. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1
  • 27 Dec. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands Season 1
  • 06 Dec. 2020 (gear): Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
  • 05 Dec. 2020 (playstyle): Updated Rotations to include Covenant Ability.
  • 29 Nov. 2020 (playstyle): Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
  • 29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands release.
  • 29 Nov. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands release.
  • 27 Nov. 2020 (gear): Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
    • Removed outdated gear.
    • Added gems section.
  • 14 Oct. 2020 (races): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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  • 14 Oct. 2020 (this page): Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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