Sigillo di Wilfred dell'Evocazione Superiore – A legion favorite has returned to us in Shadowlands! This effect brings with it a 1 second reduction to your
Evocazione: Lumenero for each
Frammenti d'Anima you spend. While this effect is powerful, we already have the new
Evocazione: Lumenero trait which syncs our
Anima Oscura: Miseria ability to our
Evocazione: Lumenero. Taking into consideration that we are going to cast somewhere around 20-25
Estasi Malefica every two minutes; this effect sadly does not seem extremely powerful.
Artiglio di Endereth – This effect does not have any kind of interaction with
Disfatta Inevitabile or granting you any additional ticks of
Risucchio di Vita. It simply does what it says it does, which is make your
Risucchio di Vita channel twice as fast. It can lead to some very quick burst/self-healing in PVP potentially with a high stack of
Disfatta Inevitabile, but I don't see it making much of an impact in PVE.
Reliquia della Sinergia Demoniaca – This legendary grants
Estasi Malefica a 10% chance to refund all
Frammenti d'Anima spent, which will always be 1. It is basically a weaker version of
Condotto delle Anime and feels a bit underwhelming. If the refund rate was increased to say 20% or so it might be a bit more impactful but currently feels lackluster.
Pilastri del Portale Oscuro aka “Portal Pants” – Making your
Varco Demoniaco instant cast and also giving it two charges is more impactful than it may seem. It can certainly be of use in PVP/arenas or similar settings but the real question is why play this over a damage based effect? It did see a good bit of play in Legion Mythic + when it came to traversing a large area quickly, but that was only due to gear swapping being a thing.
Agonia Perpetua di Azj'aqir – Giving
Agonia a 20% increased chance to generate a
Frammenti d'Anima might seem like a powerful effect but when compared to the other legendaries that Affliction has and the RNG of an effect like this, I think we can do a bit better.
Ira Malefica – This effect causes your
Estasi Malefica to increase the damage of your
Dardo d'Ombra and
Risucchio d'Anima spells by 25%, stacking up to three times. If you pair this effect with
Dardo della Decimazione and the
Risucchio d'Anima talent, it truly becomes a powerhouse. Initial testing has shown
Risucchio d'Anima to be nearly 60% of our damage output in execute when paired with said effects thus making Affliction Warlock execute damage extremely potent. Even outside of execute it causes you to alter your play style around 45 second
Risucchio d'Anima (if selected) burst windows; which revolve around casting
Dardo della Decimazione and maintaining a 3 stack of
Ira Malefica.
Assalto Oscuro di Sacrolash – Another returning effect from Legion,
Assalto Oscuro di Sacrolash was one of the reasons Warlock was so strong in Mythic +. It has the same
Corruzione damage increase from Legion but the slow effect has been reduced from 60% (Legion) to 15% in Shadowlands. I will say that the effect still currently applies the full 60% slow on Beta realms right now but I believe that will be changing soon. A 45% difference in the slow effect will certainly be noticeable but the question is, is just how noticeable?
Ira della Consunzione – This effect is another iconic ability from Legion but with a slight difference; In Legion the effect stated that whenever you “kill a target” you received a bonus effect to your damage over time spells. In Shadowlands that target has to die with
Agonia applied to it but the effect also has a much larger bonus, 5% per stack and stacking up to 5 times. Affliction's toolkit has certainly changed a bit from Legion but you simply cannot deny the power level of
Ira della Consunzione in certain settings.