Affliction Warlock PvP guide

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150

Synced Blitz players

1,869

Average rating sampled

2,427

Highest rating sampled

PvP talents

The three dedicated PvP slots, measured from Battle.net profiles.

Live ladder data

Jinx

77%

Casting a curse now applies Corruption and Agony to your target, but curses now costs 1 Soul Shard.

116 players

Nether Ward

47%

Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 3 sec, reflecting all harmful spells cast on you.

70 players

Gateway Mastery

35%

Increases the range of your Demonic Gateway by 20 yards, and reduces the cast time by 30%. Reduces the time between how often players can take your Demonic Gateway by 30 sec.

53 players

Rot and Decay

27%

Shadow Bolt damage increases the duration of your Corruption and Agony on the target by 2.0 sec. Drain Life and Drain Soul damage increases the duration of your Corruption and Agony on the target by 1.0 sec.

41 players

Shadow Rift

19%

Conjure a Shadow Rift at the target location lasting 2 sec. Enemy players within the rift when it expires are teleported to your Demonic Circle. Must be within 40 yds of your Demonic Circle to cast.

29 players

Impish Instincts

16%

Taking direct Physical damage reduces the cooldown of Demonic Circle by 3 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 5 sec.

24 players

Soul Rip

Fracture the soul of up to 3 target players within 20 yds into the shadows, reducing their damage done by 25% and healing received by 25% for 8 sec. Souls are fractured up to 20 yds from the player's location. Players can retrieve their souls to remove this effect.

14 players

Essence Drain

Whenever you heal yourself with Drain Life, the enemy target deals 9% reduced damage to you for 10 sec. Stacks up to 4 times.

9 players

Soul Swap

Copies your damage over time effects and Haunt from the target, preserving their duration. Your next use of Soul Swap within 10 sec will exhale a copy damage of the effects onto a new target.

3 players

Combat toolkit

Common high-rated choices grouped by purpose. This is a PvP toolkit, not a fake raid rotation.

Pressure & burst

Dark Accord
Dark Accord100%
Reduces the cooldown of Unending Resolve by 45 sec.
Demonic Circle
Demonic Circle100%
Summons a Demonic Circle for 15 min. Cast Demonic Circle: Teleport to teleport to its location and remove all movement slowing effects. If you cast Demonic Circle: Summon while controlling an Eye of Kilrogg, the circle will appear where the eye is located. You also learn: Demonic Circle: Teleport Teleports you to your Demonic Circle and removes all movement slowing effects.

Most played equipment

Top two choices per slot among the highest-rated hydrated profiles.

Back

Venomous Aspirant's Cloak

43% equipped · 263 ilvl

Back

Thalassian Competitor's Cloth Cloak

37% equipped · 288 ilvl

Chest

Venomous Aspirant's Silk Robe

49% equipped · 263 ilvl

Affliction Warlock enchantments

Enchanted: +41 Intellect & +115 Stamina71%
Enchanted: Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul69%
Enchanted: Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness65%

Talent choices across 160 synced characters playing this specialisation. These are observed picks, not recommendations — they say what the ladder is doing, not what you should do.

Where builds differ

Taken by between 15% and 90% of players. This is where the real decisions are.

Cascading Calamity90%
137 players · Specialization
Withering Bolt89%
136 players · Specialization
Fortified Soul87%
133 players · Class
Oppressive Darkness83%
127 players · Class
Abyss Walker82%
125 players · Class
Empowered Healthstone80%
123 players · Class
Potent Soul Shards79%
121 players · Specialization
Demoniac's Fervor77%
118 players · Hero
Demonic Soul77%
118 players · Hero
Eternal Hunger77%
118 players · Hero
Eternal Servitude77%
118 players · Hero
Feast of Souls77%
118 players · Hero
Friends In Dark Places77%
118 players · Hero
Manifested Avarice77%
118 players · Hero
Necrolyte Teachings77%
118 players · Hero
Quietus77%
118 players · Hero
Sataiel's Volition77%
118 players · Hero
Shadow of Death77%
118 players · Hero
Shared Vessel77%
118 players · Hero
Soul Anathema77%
118 players · Hero
Wicked Reaping77%
118 players · Hero
Teachings of the Black Harvest59%
91 players · Class
Curse of Tongues59%
90 players · Class
Infernal Beneficiary48%
73 players · Class
Fatal Echoes46%
71 players · Specialization
Fel Synergy46%
70 players · Class
Burning Rush41%
62 players · Class
Fiendish Stride37%
57 players · Class
Gorefiend's Avarice35%
53 players · Class
Contagion33%
50 players · Specialization
Malediction32%
49 players · Specialization
Cunning Cruelty27%
42 players · Specialization
Pact of the Nathrezim25%
39 players · Class
Alzzin's Iniquity22%
33 players · Hero
Aura of Enfeeblement22%
33 players · Hero
Blackened Soul22%
33 players · Hero

Near-universal picks (49)taken by 90%+ — effectively baseline

Dark Accord100%
153 players · Class
Dark Pact100%
153 players · Class
Demon Skin100%
153 players · Class

Rarely taken (81)under 15% — situational or out of favour

Fel Pact14%
22 players · Class
Malefic Grasp11%
17 players · Specialization
Swift Artifice6.5%
10 players · Class

Import a real build

Loadouts from the highest-rated synced players of this specialisation. Paste straight into the game.

Canabolic
stormscale · EU2,427
Paqmayn
ravencrest · EU2,232
Dean
demon-soul · US2,211
Несчастье
soulflayer · EU2,193
Kazragul
kazzak · EU2,160

Affliction Warlock

Rated PvP data

Secondary stats