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Affliction Warlock DPS Class Overview - Wrath of the Lich King Classic
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Welcome to Wowhead's Affliction Warlock DPS PvE Class Overview guide for Wrath of the Lich King Classic! This guide will help you improve at your class and role, improving your knowledge to face the hardest Dungeons and Raids from Wrath of the Lich King Classic.
Throughout this guide, we will cover many different aspects to increase your Affliction Warlock expertise, including concepts like Affliction Warlock talents and talents builds, Affliction Warlock BiS gear choices, Affliction Warlock stat priorities, Affliction Warlock consumables, Affliction Warlock gems, Affliction Warlock enchants, among many other aspects of your class and specialization. Make sure to navigate to other pages of the guide to find more in-depth information, as each works as a knowledge hub for their subject.
Class Overview for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Affliction Warlocks change from a support role in The Burning Crusade over to high throughput DPS in Wrath of the Lich King. The gameplay gets a significant overhaul for the better, no longer does Affliction essentially use the same rotation with perhaps one damage-over-time ability extra. The biggest reason for this is the significant changes that happen to
腐蚀术
and
吸取灵魂
.
The initial application of
腐蚀术
can potentially keep going on forever thanks to
持久痛苦
. This talent keeps on refreshing your
腐蚀术
when you cast either
暗影箭
,
鬼影缠身
, or
吸取灵魂
. But, that isn't everything it does. Due to the nature of the refresh and
腐蚀术
being a damage-over-time ability some niche mechanics get introduced. Certain effects get recalculated when
腐蚀术
is refreshed through
持久痛苦
, whilst others stay active based on the initial application and do not get applied when you get them after
腐蚀术
is already up. Spells that keep being active even after the refresh is called effects that "roll over". The result of all this is that we want to get an as strong as possible initial application of
腐蚀术
and keep it up as long as possible.
吸取灵魂
only saw use for grinding out
灵魂碎片
in the past. Those days are over,
吸取灵魂
now is major high damage dealing execute ability. Once the target reaches quarter health the damage increases by fourfold. This results in it instantly becoming the highest damage per second dealing ability (DoTs still deal more damage for the time it takes to apply them, hence you want to keep certain ones active still during the execute phase). Just like
腐蚀术
has some special mechanics due to being a damage-over-time ability, the same happens to
吸取灵魂
because it is a channeled spell. Certain effects will snapshot and apply to the full duration of
吸取灵魂
upon application (and not apply if procced when already casting
吸取灵魂
, which could warrant casting the spell again to get them to apply). Besides that being a thing, you also want to keep certain DoTs up based on how long the fight will still last. This means you will have to cancel ( called "clipping") your
吸取灵魂
, reapply your DoT and recast
吸取灵魂
, all whilst keeping track of what snapshots.
If you are the type of person who likes to choose your class based on its power in the current raid, we have prepared a Tier List that goes over the best DPS specs in the current raid tier and an explanation on why from our Class Writers.
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Class Changes for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Changes to existing abilities & talents
躲闪
—Avoidance used to only affect the
恶魔卫士
and had a 50% chance to completely avoid AoE damage. Now instead Avoidance is available for all demons, and instead of 50% complete avoidance it is 90% reduced damage taken from AoE abilities. Warlocks can use pets without any fear of losing them in the majority of encounters. This in turn increases your damage a fair bit.
镇压
—Suppression used to only increase your hit chance for Affliction spells only. However, that is only a fraction of warlocks' abilities. Now it affects all spells and on top of that reduces the mana cost of Affliction spells. Making this a way stronger talent, it also only takes 3 talent points to max out versus 5 in the past.
强化腐蚀术
—This talent was used to reduce the cast time of
腐蚀术
until it was instant cast, now
腐蚀术
is instant cast for all without the need for talents. Instead, this talent increases the damage by your
腐蚀术
and increases the critical strike chance of
腐蚀之种
, our main area of effect damage spell.
灵魂虹吸
—Where
吸取灵魂
got a big buff, this specific talent got a small nerf. Instead of being affected by every warlocks affliction spell, now it is only affected by your own spells. And the maximum increase decreased from 60% to 18%.
诅咒增幅
—Gone are the days of buffing our
厄运诅咒
&
痛苦诅咒
damage. Now it reduces the global cooldown of our curses from 1.5 seconds to 1 second instead. This technically is a slight DPS increase because it saves you 0.5 seconds. However, the better you are geared the less beneficial this is as you get closer to the 1-second hard cap global cooldown.
暗影之拥
—Changes from a "defensive" debuff which decreased damage caused to damage increasing debuff for our shadow damage-over-time abilities.
生命虹吸
—Where this used to be a relatively long damage-over-time ability that leeched life, it now is a passive talent that causes our
腐蚀术
to leech some health. On top of that it also increases the damage from our
腐蚀术
,
腐蚀之种
, and
痛苦无常
by 5%.
邪咒
—Affliction Warlocks used to be brought because they applied a 3% stronger version of
元素诅咒
thanks to this talent. Now instead multiple classes can bring a 13% magic damage debuff. This talent has been reworked to increase our spell damage and the critical strike chance of our
痛苦无常
and
腐蚀术
.
强化暗影箭
—Gone are the days of mages and priests using shadow wands to grief the warlocks ISB debuff stacks. Instead, this talent no longer uses charges and applies the effect for a flat 30 seconds. The effect also changed from increasing all shadow damage to increasing all spell critical strike chance, plus a passive increasing the
暗影箭
damage from the warlock itself.
& —Instead of going into the wand slot, these now work as weapon oils. Making them way more useful because you do not have to offer up an item slot. On top of that both now also have a unique bonus, either increasing your damage-over-time or your direct-damage.
吸取灵魂
—Going from the weakest DPS spell to the highest (once the target reaches quarter health). Sucking the soul of someone has never been as much fun as now.
腐蚀术
—The biggest change here is that the spell no longer has a cast time from the get-go.
It is incredibly clear from these changes how Affliction Warlock changed from being first a support class to a prime damage dealer.
暗影之拥
and
邪咒
both changed from being a buff for the raid to being a buff for the Affliction Warlock himself.
New abilities & talents
Glyphs
—Glyphs have an obvious major impact on performance for every class in the game. The most impact ones for Affliction Warlocks are
急速凋零雕文
,
生命分流雕文
, and
鬼影缠身雕文
.
恶魔法阵:召唤
—Mobility has always been a big weakness of Warlocks in general. This helps us move around and out of tricky situations and mechanics. One of the most impactful additions to our spellbook.
强化地狱猎犬
—A big change is an actual possibility for every warlock specialization to actively use their pet in raids. The go-to demon for Affliction Warlocks is the Felhunter and this talent is a big boost to one of its primary damage sources being
暗影撕咬
. In also slightly increases
邪能智力
but
神圣之灵
and
奥术光辉
are still better.
根除
—Affliction resolves around
腐蚀术
. This proc resulting from
腐蚀术
increases your cast speed by a big chunk for a short duration. This has a big implication during long AoE fights where you can potentially cast
腐蚀术
on a couple of mobs to increase the amount of
腐蚀之种
.
死亡之拥
—Even more damage during the execute phase. This might also indicate the only time you want to reapply a new
腐蚀术
after your initial strong one (if other stronger modifiers weren't active at the beginning).
疫病肆虐
—Over are the times of only partially benefitting from crit rating. With this talent our
腐蚀术
and
痛苦无常
can crit. We all like to see the big shiny numbers, now there are even more of them.
持久痛苦
—Undoubtfully the talent with the biggest impact on Affliction Warlock gameplay. Whislt it might not seem significant not having to refresh
腐蚀术
, it also introduces a bunch of other shenanigans. It causes certain effects and modifiers to keep being active based on when it was applied. This makes it the goal to have as strong as possible
腐蚀术
ASAP and keep it going for the entire duration of the fight.
鬼影缠身
—Finally a new debuff to use for us Affliction Warlocks. It is not a damage-over-time ability in the strictest sense. It does not have a periodic damage component and deals direct damage (al be it small) on impact. However, what it does do is boost all the damage from your other damage-over-time abilities making it one of our highest damage per cast time abilities. You can only have one
鬼影缠身
active at a time, so don't refresh it on another target if you still want to keep it up with your current one. On top of that it also helps refreshing
腐蚀术
via
持久痛苦
暗影烈焰
—A new area of effect spell. It does not warrant especially going into melee range to use this, but if you are already there it is nice to have.
Warlocks have always been the slow guys, no movement increasing cooldowns, travel forms or blink. Finally we get our own unique form of travel
恶魔法阵:召唤
! This can be a life saver depending on the encounter you are faced in and in the very least a DPS increase due to decreasing downtime when running around.
A ton of new damage-increasing talents have been added to the game for Affliction Warlocks.
持久痛苦
takes the top place when it comes to new talents. The impact of this talent on your rotation and gameplay is more significant than anything Affliction Warlocks have had in the past and makes for a fun and engaging content.
Class Viability for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Affliction Warlock utilizes damage-over-time abilities to make up the core of their throughput. This results in a great single target and cleave DPS. However, damage-over-time abilities and certain debuffs (such as
鬼影缠身
,
暗影之拥
) do require a ramp-up time and for the fight to last long enough. Affliction Warlocks do not have any special burst meaning that in shorter fights they will fall slightly behind. However, they do excel in longer fights or fights that have a lot of cleave. Another strong point of the Affliction Warlock is the amazing execution DPS thanks to the combination of
吸取灵魂
and
死亡之拥
.
The throughput of an Afflcition Warlock performs is highly dependent on how well they manage to use modifiers and procs to increase their
腐蚀术
and keep it active, and during the execute how fast they can clip their
吸取灵魂
and know when they have to. Overall Affliction Warlocks are great pure DPS but do not bring a lot of extra utility to a fight.
Class Mechanics for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Life Tap
Warlocks have infinite mana as long as our healers do thanks to
生命分流
which allows us to convert health into mana. It does come at a cost however, you have to weigh when to actually
生命分流
, and not tap too much if you aim to maximize DPS. Using
生命分流
when you are about to take damage is, for example, not a good idea, nor when the healers are about to run out of mana.
生命分流
also takes time because it triggers the Global cooldown. This means you should not
生命分流
with the aim to max out your mana but rather so that you end the fight with nearly no mana, but you could cast the entire time.
生命分流
is also instant cast so you can use it during periods where movement is required. In addition in Wrath of the Lich King, we get access to
生命分流雕文
which provides a big buff to our spell power for 40 seconds after we use
生命分流
Soul Shards
Casting
吸取灵魂
on a target that yields experience or honor and dies, grants us his soul captured in a shard. These
灵魂碎片
s can be used to summon demons from the Twisting Nether or for other strong spells and abilities. For example,
灵魂碎裂
, our main threat drop, requires a
灵魂碎片
, as do
召唤仪式
, creating a
恶魔灵魂石
,
灵魂仪式
,
完美法术石
,
邪能火焰石
,
征服恶魔
, and all of your pet demons (except for the
小鬼
).
吸取灵魂雕文
is a minor Glyph that increases the amount of
灵魂碎片
s received, making it one of the best convenience glyphs we have.
Strengths & Weaknesses for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Strengths
Extreme execute damage thanks to
吸取灵魂
and
死亡之拥
.
High single target DPS.
Good cleave DPS thanks to multi-dotting.
Rewarding gameplay, being able to manage
腐蚀术
and
吸取灵魂
well shows.
Weaknesses
No burst damage.
Long ramp-up time.
No spec specific support.
Best Races for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Race
死亡骑士
德鲁伊
猎人
法师
圣骑士
牧师
潜行者
萨满祭司
术士
战士
人类
矮人
暗夜精灵
侏儒
德莱尼
兽人
亡灵
牛头人
巨魔
血精灵
Alliance
Human offers a reliable damage boost in PvE from their racial abilities.
人类精魂
increases your spirit by 3%, which in turn increases our spell power through
邪甲术
and
生命分流雕文
. Human is also considered the best race for PvP arenas due to their powerful
生存意志
ability. Human is an easy choice for an Alliance Warlock.
Horde
Orcs are fueled by Fel Energy and it shows. They are the best PvE option bar none.
斧专精
of course is of no use to warlocks.
坚韧
is okay for PvP but won,t matter a lot for PvE.
命令
is great extra damage for your demon, especially now that all three specializations make use of their pet. However the thing that makes Orcs top the Warlock Charts in PvE is
血性狂怒
. 326 Spell Power on command that can be used in combination with other cooldowns or proc effects is nothing to scoff at.
Best Professions for Affliction Warlock DPS in Wrath of the Lich King
Tailoring
With Tailoring we are able to make a couple of our own pre-bis items if we need. The biggest benefit comes in the form of the cloak enchant
亮纹刺绣
. This has a chance to proc
闪电之纹
which increases our spell power by 295 for 15 seconds. This makes Tailoring one of the best possible damage increasing professions for warlocks.
Engineering
Engineering has always been the gadget profession, and in WotLK they added a scoop up on top of that.
超级加速器
is a glove enchant which can be activated when we please, for an additional 340 haste rating for 12 seconds. Other direct damage increases can be seen in the form of
通用热力工程炸药
and
萨隆邪铁炸弹
which can be used during the global cooldown triggered from
生命分流
. I mentioned earlier in the guide that Warlocks suffer from a lack of mobility but
硝化甘油推进器
takes care of a big part of that by providing a massive boost for a short duration. And it doesn't end here, there is a ton more of utility items that engineering provides.
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