Affliction Warlock PvP Guide (The War Within Pre-Patch)

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 can be difficult to survive while dealing out damage.

Malefic Rapture is now on the Shadowflame school. The talent tree for Warlocks and Affliction have been reworked. Soul Swap has been removed as well as Inevitable Demise. As a result, Drain Life is severely weaker. Pact of Gluttony allows for multiple uses of your Healthstone as well as many talents which increases the effectiveness of your Critical Strikes.

Strengths

• Great spread damage
• Good against teams with low self-healing or no hybrids

Weaknesses

• Struggle to cast against teams with many interrupts
• Lack of reliable crowd control