Welcome to Skill-Capped’s Overview of the Best Stats and Gear for Affliction in Dragonflight 10.2.6
To make it easier to navigate, we’ve divided the guide into the corresponding sections, covering everything from race and talents to gear and macros. These will give you a good idea about what to expect from Affliction Warlock, its strengths and weaknesses, and how to get your character ready to conquer the arena. In this section, we will cover the best stats and gear for Affliction Warlock in Dragonflight.
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Affliction Warlock Stat Priority
Versatility > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike
You want to focus on getting as much Versatility as possible. Aim to get at least 30%. This will eventually happen through PvP gearing as most of your items will have Vers on them.
Then you should prioritize Haste above all else. It’s a great stat as it increases your cast speed and reduces your global cooldown, which is important since you need to hard cast a lot and multi-dot targets.
Mastery and Critical Strike should be avoided as much as possible.
Best Affliction Warlock PvP Gear
Tier pieces:
Head: Devout Ashdevil’s Grimhorns
Shoulders: Devout Ashdevil’s Hatespikes
Chest: Devout Ashdevil’s Razorhide
Legs: Devout Ashdevil’s Tights
Embellishments:
Item 1: Vibrant Wildercloth Slippers with Precognition, Versatility, and Haste.
Item 2: Infurious Binding of Gesticulation
Best Affliction Warlock Trinkets
Non-Human: Gladiator’s Medallion / Insignia of Alacrity
Human: Insignia of Alacrity / Insignia of Alacrity or Gladiator’s Emblem
As a Human, you can also play with Gladiator’s Medallion, but your offensive pick is always Insignia of Alacrity. This provides two static haste trinkets which greatly benefits Destruction Warlock. Gladiator’s Emblem is only recommended when you are having extreme problems surviving in a matchup.
Best Affliction Warlock Enchants
Cloak: Homebound Speed
Chest: Waking Stats
Bracers: Devotion of Speed
Legs: Frozen Spellthread
Boots: Plainsrunner’s Breeze
Rings: Devotion of Haste
Weapon: Wafting Devotion
Best Affliction Warlock Gems
Fierce Illimited Diamond + Energized Malygite.
Assuming you are using Lariat in your neckslot, you want to play with Energized Malygite since it means your neck will proc Haste. Otherwise you can play with Energized Ysemerald.