Welcome to Skill Capped’s Guide on the Best Enchants & Gems for Affliction Warlocks in Mists of Pandaria
All sections for Affliction Warlock PvP have been divided into corresponding sections for the most optimal race, talents, glyphs, gear, professions and macros. This will help you have a good understanding on Affliction Warlock in PvP for Mists of Pandaria, the strengths and weaknesses associated with this specialization, and help you conquer the arena. This section will show you the best PvP enchants and gems that you can use as an Affliction Warlock in Mists of Pandaria Season 12.
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Table of Contents
Best Affliction Warlock Enchants
Shoulders: Greater Crane Wing Inscription
Cloak: Superior Intellect
Chest: Glorious Stats
Bracers: Super Intellect
Gloves: Greater Haste
Belt: Living Steel Belt Buckle
Legs: Greater Cerulean Spellthread
Boots: Pandaren’s Step
Main-hand Weapon: Jade Spirit
Off-hand Weapon: Major Intellect
All enchants provided can be purchased on the Auction House. Although Living Steel Belt Buckle is not technically an enchant, it give you one extra gem slot for minmaxxing secondary stats.
Best Affliction Warlock Gems
Meta Gems: Burning Primal Diamond or Destructive Primal Diamond as an alternative.
Red Gems: Reckless Vermilion Onyx
Blue Gems: Lightning Wild Jade
Yellow Gems: Quick Sun’s Radiance
As far as gems are concerned, you’ll want to acquire the most amount of Haste possible. All suggested Red, Blue, and Yellow gems follow this objective.
For your meta gems, you have two options. The suggested default is Burning Primal Diamond not only for its Intellect gain, but increases the damage that your Critical Strike spells will deal. However, you can opt for Destructive Primal Diamond to potentially make some game winning plays with good RNG.

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