Affliction Warlock PvP Stat Priority, Gear, and Trinkets — The War Within (11.0.5)

Last updated on Oct 21, 2024 at 21:00 by Chanimal 8 comments

Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Affliction Warlock in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose your gear and your trinkets.

This page is part of our Affliction Warlock PvP Guide.

1.

Stat Priority for Affliction Warlock in PvP

The stat priority for Affliction Warlock in PvP is as follows:

  1. Intellect;
  2. Versatility;
  3. Haste;
  4. Critical Strike.
  5. Mastery;

Intellect is the best stat in all situations. Versatility is your next best stat, as this increases the damage and healing you do while also reducing the damage you take. Haste is another strong secondary stat due to it reducing the Global Cooldown on casts, abilities, and increasing the tick rate of your DoTs.

2.

Gear Recommendations

2.1.

General Guidelines

In general, Affliction Warlocks want to get gear that gives both Versatility and Haste, with a priority on Versatility. Most PvP pieces from Honor and Conquest will have Versatility and Haste, so these are generally the best items to go for. There are pieces available from the crafting system that have balanced Haste and Versatility stats that are useful if you wish to balance your Haste and Versatility more.

Affliction Warlock's Warlock Affliction Season 1 2pc Icon Warlock Affliction Season 1 2pc and Warlock Affliction Season 1 4pc Icon Warlock Affliction Season 1 4pc are both worth using in Season 1. Your Malefic Rapture Icon Malefic Rapture deals more damage and crits more often while also having a proc which increases your DoT damage from Unstable Affliction Icon Unstable Affliction, Corruption Icon Corruption and Agony Icon Agony.

  • Head: Forged Gladiator's Silk Guise Icon Forged Gladiator's Silk Guise
  • Neck: Forged Gladiator's Necklace Icon Forged Gladiator's Necklace
  • Shoulders: Hexflame Coven's Altar Icon Hexflame Coven's Altar Tier
  • Cloak: Forged Gladiator's Drape Icon Forged Gladiator's Drape
  • Chest: Hexflame Coven's Ritual Harness Icon Hexflame Coven's Ritual Harness Tier
  • Wrists: Forged Gladiator's Silk Armbands Icon Forged Gladiator's Silk Armbands
  • Hands: Hexflame Coven's Sleeves Icon Hexflame Coven's Sleeves Tier
  • Waist: Forged Gladiator's Silk Cord Icon Forged Gladiator's Silk Cord
  • Legs: Hexflame Coven's Leggings Icon Hexflame Coven's Leggings Tier
  • Feet: Algari Competitor's Cloth Treads Icon Algari Competitor's Cloth Treads Haste/Versatility with Writhing Armor Banding Embellishment
  • Ring 1: Forged Gladiator's Ring Icon Forged Gladiator's Ring
  • Ring 2: Algari Competitor's Signet Icon Algari Competitor's Signet Haste/Versatility
  • Weapon: Algari Competitor's Staff Icon Algari Competitor's Staff Haste/Versatility with Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension Embellishment
2.2.

Note: It is important to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you a Intellect boost that will increase your damage and Stamina.

Forged Gladiator's Medallion Icon Forged Gladiator's Medallion is a mandatory trinket to have equipped at all times. This allows you to remove any crowd control on yourself. You will normally use this when you are stuck in crowd control, and a teammate is at low health.

Forged Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity Icon Forged Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity is the best offensive trinket to wear. This gives you an Intellect proc, which will boost your damage.

2.3.

Gems and Enchants

Here are the best enchants and gems for an Affliction Warlock:

  • Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity Icon Enchant Cloak - Chant of Burrowing Rapidity
  • Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance Icon Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
  • Wrist: Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed Icon Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Speed
  • Legs: Sunset Spellthread Icon Sunset Spellthread
  • Feet: Enchant Boots - Scout's March Icon Enchant Boots - Scout's March
  • Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Versatility Icon Enchant Ring - Radiant Versatility
  • Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power Icon Enchant Weapon - Authority of Radiant Power

Gem all of your gear with Quick Sapphire Icon Quick Sapphire and 1 Cognitive Bloodstone Icon Cognitive Bloodstone for Precognition Icon Precognition.

3.

Changelog

  • 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 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.
  • 11 Aug. 2021: Added mention of the Shackles trinket and Domination Shards.
  • 06 Jul. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands 9.1.
  • 30 Mar. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands 9.0.5.
  • 01 Jan. 2021: Updated for Shadowlands Season 1.
  • 06 Dec. 2020: Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
  • 27 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
    • Removed outdated gear.
    • Added gems section.
  • 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
Show more
Show less