Affliction Warlock PvP Best Races and Racials — The War Within (11.1.0)
Racial bonuses can provide interesting PvP benefits. Here are the best races to choose for each faction. The races are sorted from highest impact in arena to lowest. However, all races below have their own unique ways of making an impact in a PvP match.
This page is part of our Affliction Warlock PvP Guide.
Best Alliance Races for Affliction Warlock PvP
- Night Elf
- Dark Iron Dwarf
Night Elf
Night Elves are the best Alliance race for Affliction Warlocks in PvP.
The main reason is Shadowmeld, allowing you to make outplays and immune abilities.
If timed correctly,
Shadowmeld allows you to immune abilities cast on you, including
projectiles such as
Chaos Bolt and
Lava Burst. Additionally, Night Elves
gain a passive 1% haste or crit thanks to
Touch of Elune.
Void Elf
Void Elves are right behind Night Elves for Affliction Warlocks in PvP.
The main reason for this is Spatial Rift providing an extra mobility tool.
Additionally,
Entropic Embrace increases damage dealt by 5% for 12 seconds.
Casters also benefit from no pushback protection thanks to
Preternatural Calm.
Dark Iron Dwarf
Dark Iron Dwarf is a solid Alliance race for Affliction Warlocks in PvP.
The main reason for that is Fireblood, which is a 2-minute cooldown racial
that grants you an Intellect boost as well as dispelling all poisons, diseases,
curses, magic, and bleed effects. This is especially useful against Feral Druids
and Assassination Rogues, as you can remove
Deathmark.
Best Horde Races for Affliction Warlock PvP
- Orc
- Troll
Orc
Orcs are the best choice for an Affliction Warlock in PvP. In Dragonflight
Patch 10.1, the trinket 2-set bonus that reduces CC effects by 10% and
the 5% CC reduction embellishment was removed. As a result, Hardiness
is the only form of stun reduction in the game. This allows Affliction Warlocks
to be locked down less, allowing them to kite and dish out more damage.
Troll
Trolls are the second-best choice for Horde Affliction Warlocks in PvP.
The main reason for this is Berserking, which increases your Haste by
10% for 12 seconds. Additionally,
Da Voodoo Shuffle
reduces the duration of snares by 20%. Due to the playstyle of an Affliction
Warlock revolving around kiting it synergizes well with how Affliction Warlocks
perform in the Arena.
Changelog
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for TWW 11.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for The War Within 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for TWW 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.5.
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 16 Mar. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 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: Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.5.
- 06 Jul. 2021: Reviewed for Shadowlands 9.1.
- 30 Mar. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
- 01 Jan. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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