Affliction Warlock PvP

[Valks 2,375]

This thread is for comments about our Affliction Warlock PvP guide.

[Guest A pissed afflictioN]

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Affliction Warlocks are in an excellent spot in terms of 3v3 Arena. 

 

You just cant *filtered* be serious... no, just not. Hell no.

 i didnt bother read past the first paragrapgh... the ladder and every tournament were/are overflowed with destrolock but the dude making this guide has the gut the say affliction is in a excellent post !?

A this point, it's just trolling.. i cant other explanation.

 So excellent that barely NO WARLOCK atm plys it and the one playing it are struggling as *filtered*.

This web site has either 0 update.

I bet moderator wont allow this comment you be posted but the message needed to be said.

[Guest Sklttles]

Yup i totally agree with "Guest A pissed afflictioN" The affliction post/guide needs to be updated buy someone who actually plays affliction.

"A this point, it's just trolling.. i cant other explanation" This is true but i will try my best.

1.1. Strengths of Affliction Warlocks

Doesn't require a healer

A lot of spells are instinct cast

Great Support class "Making health cookies for you'r entire team or drooping a gate way in key location or simply fearing a enemy away from your healers.

1.2. Weaknesses of Affliction Warlocks

Struggle to stay alive against melee

Very unforgiving  "You can get ready to burst a target with all your dots on him and a single friend or foe can purify/cancel all your dots/damage on that target making you start your rotations all over again"

Interrupts locks you out of every spell

"!!!Bonuses Weakness!!!" Slow Spawner>>>Every time you die in a battle ground you may still be in combat so you can not mount up, Plues you have to rebuff your self every time by using  Grimoire of Sacrifice and  Demon Armor if you forget to put on  Demon Armor you will get melted.

 

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in PvP

1. Mastery "Mastery double's"

2. Critical Strike

3. Intellect "Head to Toe every peace of gear you get will have intellect in it you dont have to worry about it to much"

4. Haste

5. Versatility

Every class/specialization have Mastery its what your class specialize in and it will be double, 1000 mastery doesn't equate to the same percentage as 1000 crit. 1000 mastery could be 50% mastery, 1000 crit could be 25% crit, as an example. 

If the enemy healer cannot dispel, do the following on your kill target:

1. Use  Phantom Singularity.
2. Cast  Unstable Affliction.
3. Cast  Unstable Affliction.
4. Use  Deathbolt.
5. Use  Summon Darkglare.
6. Channel  Drain Life if you have 50 stacks of  Inevitable Demise.

On this part you have your #4 and your #5 mixed up  Summon Darkglare. should be before your  Deathbolt cuz  Summon Darkglare. adds more time to you dots witch means your  Deathbolt will hit harder  Deathbolt may also Crit so imagine how big the after math will be.

And you should channel  Drain Life regardless if you have 50 stacks of  Inevitable Demise.

9.2.3. Sustained damage

Sustained damage is damage you do when your burst cooldowns are not available.

1. Maintain  Agony on all enemies.
   • Never let this fall off any enemies at any point of the Arena match.
2. Maintain  Corruption on all enemies.
3. Once you have  Agony and  Corruption on all enemies, channel  Drain Life to extend your DoTs.
4. Cast  Unstable Affliction on a single enemy if the enemy healer cannot dispel, or on multiple enemies if they can.
5. Cast  Shadow Bolt as a filler.
6. Use  Concentrated Flame if you are using the Major Essence.
7. Channel  Drain Life if you have 50 stacks of  Inevitable Demise.

On here i have lots of problems like on #3 you say to use Drain Life to exted your dots Drain Life dosn't extend your Corruption can to only adds 1 sec to your Agony it is best if you just use Agony again to refreshes it to full doing it this way perverts you from getting. interrupted and allows your  Inevitable Demise. to stack.

#4 Every healer in the game has a dispel/purify or has a teammate who can do it for them it is best if you dont think about it and just try to burst on one and cc the other.

#5 You should only be using  Shadow Bolt as a filler in raids keeping up with all your dots should have you full attention.

 

 Unending Resolve is your primary defensive ability and should be used if your healer has no defensive cooldowns and you are at high health. You cannot use this when you are stunned. You will not be interrupted while this is active, so you can use this time to cast  Fear to stay alive or  Unstable Affliction for damage.

This part shows me that he does not play warlock at all and i will tell you why

His First mistake was>  Unending Resolve is your only Defensive cooldown so use it wisely

And Second> Can be cast while Stunned/Feared or in other words CC

When you pop  Unending Resolve it is best for you to immediately use this time to bust on your target while you still have immunity to interrupt's start casting your Unstable Affliction

6. Talent Choices for Affliction Warlocks

 

Level	Choices
15	✘ Nightfall	✘ Drain Soul	✔ Deathbolt
30	✘ Writhe in Agony	✔ Absolute Corruption	✘ Siphon Life
45	✔ Demon Skin	✘ Burning Rush	✘ Dark Pact
60	✘ Sow the Seeds	✔ Phantom Singularity	✘ Vile Taint
75	✘ Darkfury	✔  Mortal Coil	✘ Demonic Circle
90	✘ Shadow Embrace	✘ Haunt	✔ Grimoire of Sacrifice
100	✔ Soul Conduit	✘ Creeping Death	✘ Dark Soul: Misery

 Deathbolt Should never be use with less thin 3  Unstable Affliction on the more dots you have on someone the stronger Deathbolt gets.

 Corruption is one of your most powerful dots and Absolute Corruption only makes it stronger and helps you with maintaining your dots.

 Demon Skin Allows you to sustain more damage when your getting busted on.

 Phantom Singularity He said it best.

 Mortal Coil Is a amazing spell it interrupts someone for 3 sec and buys you time to cast  Fear For a example if a warrior charge at you. you cant cast  Fear because he might interrupt you but if you cast  Mortal Coil first and thin  Fear this will give you some breathing room.

 Grimoire of Sacrifice This is by fare one of the most op spells in the game  Grimoire of Sacrifice make it where Your Unstable Affliction , Agony ,  Corruption ,  Phantom Singularity , Siphon Life ALL have a random chance to cause  Grimoire of Sacrifice. 

Soul Conduit Allows you to use more Unstable Affliction in a fight.

Ok that is it for me im going to end it here i hope this helps.

[Valks 2,375]

Mysticall has put in an update to the guide - hopefully it corrects any issues you found ?

[Guest Nupidstoob]

 Grimoire of Sacrifice is the best choice in this tier. The abilities that this talent gives your pets makes it the best talent in this tier.

That last sentence doesn't make sense, since this talent doesn't give extra abilities to pets.

[Jonesy4 0]

For anyone who was confused like me

• Weapon:  Sinful Gladiator's Torch Staff

This is the bis pvp weapon but shows up differently in the conquest shop depending on the covenant you have. The one shown is for Venthyr. Best way to see them all is go to main hand under collection and search "sinful".

 

Edit: as far as i can tell they all have the same stats and is just cosmetic. They can also transmogged so it may be worth it to make an alt and get the weapon rather than starting your convenant all over. 

Edited February 2, 2021 by Jonesy4

[Guest Afflock PVP]

Just a quick question regarding 10.0.5 update...

Taken Soul link, Grimoire of synergy

but also taken grim of sac?

These seem counter intuitive together?

[chanimal 0]

On 3/22/2023 at 8:32 PM, Guest Afflock PVP said:

Just a quick question regarding 10.0.5 update...

Taken Soul link, Grimoire of synergy

but also taken grim of sac?

These seem counter intuitive together?

They work together. You gain stamina from Grimoire of Sac if you have Soul Link. Grimoire of Synergy procs even if you sac your pet as well despite the tooltip not saying so