Affliction Warlock PvP Guide (Dragonflight 10.0.7)
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know to play 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.
Affliction Warlocks in Dragonflight
Affliction Warlocks are looking to be much stronger in Dragonflight 10.0.7. 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, new abilities like Soul Swap help to alleviate this problem.
Dragonflight Patch 10.0.7
This patch sees a huge increase to damage dealt from Summon Darkglare and
Drain Soul
through the new talents
Dark Virtuosity and
Sargerei Technique. In addition,
Inquisitor's Gaze
has been buffed in power. Affliction Warlocks, if able to cast, will deal incredible amounts of damage through
the use of their DoTs and
Malefic Rapture.
Strengths of Affliction Warlocks
- Great spread damage
- Great utility
- Good against teams with low self healing or no hybrids
Weaknesses of Affliction Warlocks
- Struggle to cast against teams with many interrupts
- Lack of reliable crowd control
- Weak single target damage and burst
- Only one casting school
Content of the Guide
This guide ended up being very long, so we decided to split it in different pages.
- On the Affliction Warlock PvP Talents page, you will find a talent build recommended. In addition, different talent choices for specific situations will be considered
- On the Affliction Warlock PvP Rotation and Playstyle page, you will learn how to use your spells, depending on the situation (opener, burst damage, surviving, controlling enemy players, etc.), and what is generally expected of your class and spec in PvP.
- On the Affliction Warlock PvP Stat Priority and Gear page, you will find the stat priority to follow in PvP, as well as advice for choosing your gear, particularly trinkets.
- On the Affliction Warlock PvP Best Races page, you will find lists of the Alliance and Horde races, ranked by how good they are for Affliction Warlocks in PvP, as well as explanations regarding why and how their racials benefit you.
- On the Affliction Warlock PvP Useful Macros page, you will find a collection of useful macros for PvP for Affliction Warlocks.
- On the Affliction Warlock Arena Composition page, you will find the list of the most powerful Arena compositions featuring Affliction Warlocks, in both 2v2 and 3v3 modes.
Changelog
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 16 Mar. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 30 Jul. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 02 Mar. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands 9.2.
- 17 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 06 Jul. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.
- 30 Mar. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
- 27 Dec. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands Season 1
- 29 Nov. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands release.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide is written and maintained by Chanimal, BlizzCon Champion Warlock with Rank 1 titles since 2011, competing in AWC. He streams Warlock PvP daily on Twitch, with highlights on YouTube.
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