Warlock
Affliction
Playstyle
Ranged DPS built on maintaining Corruption and Agony while spending Soul Shards on Unstable Affliction or Seed of Corruption, filling downtime with Shadow Bolt. Dark Harvest gives a once-a-minute multi-target burst window. Fluid across target counts, with exceptional self-sustain through Soul Leech overshielding and Soul Link mitigation.
Balanced, reliable raid pick with strong mobility and adaptable DoT spread for cleave situations
Season 2 Tier Set
Damned Necrolyte's Shattered Restraints
You have a 20% chance to refund a Soul Shard after spending a Soul Shard.
Each active Unstable Affliction increases your damage dealt by your spells and abilities by 2%, up to 6%. Seed of Corruption applies Unstable Affliction at 50% effectiveness to your target.
+ The Good
Balanced, reliable raid pick with strong mobility and adaptable DoT spread for cleave situations
Class-wide utility kit (Demonic Gateway, Healthstones, Soulstone battle-rez)
− The Bad
No damage immunity in its kit
Longer ramp time to full damage than most other DPS specs
Not built for fast target-swapping — DoT setup takes time to pay off on a new target
Pick My Main ratings
Raid buffs
None documented yet.
Utility
Hero talents
Amplifies Wither damage and its follow-on effects, with Malevolence as its once-a-minute cooldown. Currently a close second to Soul Harvester in both single-target and AoE.
Built around Dark Harvest, refunding 3 Soul Shards roughly every 35-40 seconds. Currently the favored tree for both single-target and AoE, though the gap to Hellcaller is small.