Affliction Warlock Abilities and Talents Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7

Von Kalamazi Letztes Update: 09.05.2024 Änderungsprotokoll Patch: 10.2.7

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Schattenblitz - Your default filler spell.

Verderbnis - One of affliction's DoTs, comes baseline. Improved with a talent that makes it instant cast.

Agonie - Another baseline DoT, affliction specific.

Offensive Cooldowns Defensive Cooldowns

Erbarmungslose Entschlossenheit - 3 minute cooldown, 25% damage reduction. Can be improved with talents.

Utility Abilities

Wichtel beschwören, Sayaad beschwören, Teufelsjäger beschwören, Leerwandler beschwören - Your pet is one of your main default abilities as a warlock, without talenting into anything. Because all of your pets do roughly the same damage (outside of Leerwandler beschwören), your choice boils down to utility here. Need an interrupt? Use Teufelsjäger beschwören. Need a magic dispel or want a consistent ranged dps pet that doesnt run from target to target? Use Wichtel beschwören.

Blutsauger - not a core part of your rotation unless you're talented into a specific talent, this is just a last resort way to heal yourself if there are no other options.

Furcht - a basic way to disrupt your enemies if you can't interrupt or otherwise disable them. Can be spammed to lockdown an enemy outside of pvp at the cost of being unable to do damage.

Seelenstein - Warlock's version of the battle ressurection, now available to many other classes in the game. Warlock's Seelenstein differs from other battle resses in the game due to its ability to be pre-placed on important targets so they have the resurrection ready to go the second they die. Warlocks should never hardcast this button mid combat unless there are literally 0 other options available, as other resses have more benefits to the raid, such as more health/mana/foodbuff etc.

Seelenbrunnen erschaffen - The only source of Gesundheitssteins in the game. An extra health pot on your entire raid/party is very strong.

Ritual der Beschwörung - The only way outside of dungeon/raid meeting stones to summon people to your location. Very useful for getting a group together, or making swaps in raid.

Passive Abilities

Seele entziehen - A portion of your damage dealt is transferred to an absorb shield on you.

Affliction Warlock Talents Warlock Class Talents

Teufelsbeherrschung - Helps alleviate the long cast time of warlock pets every 3 minutes.

Dämonischer Zirkel - Given to you baseline - allows to to drop a circle at any place, which you can then teleport to as long as you're in range of the circle. Also removes movement slowing effects.

Brennender Ansturm - A toggled movement speed increase, at the cost of health. Also makes it so your base movement speed can never go below 100%, which is nice for movement slows.

Teufelspakt - reduces the cooldown of Teufelsbeherrschung. Not very useful, as you shouldn't be using this spell that often.

Dämonenhaut - nearly doubles the baseline effectiveness of Seele entziehen, and adds a free extra small absorb shield passively every second.

Teufelsrüstung - another augment for Seele entziehen, reducing your damage taken both passively and when damage is taken from your Seele entziehen.

Höllisches Schreiten - a small augment for Brennender Ansturm - reducing the damage taken over time, as well as a tiny movement speed increase. Not really all that point efficient.

Flüche der Entkräftung - Gives access to both Fluch der Erschöpfung and Fluch der Sprachen, both of which are useful in different scenarios.

Abgrundläufer - A small extra damage reduction whenever you use either Dämonischer Zirkel or Dämonisches Tor.

Schreckensgeheul / Weltliche Ängste - a choice between an aoe fear that's easily cancelled by damage effects, or a single target horrify that also provides a small heal. Generally speaking, Weltliche Ängste is better.

Fluch verstärken - Increases the strength of your next curse cast significantly. Both Fluch der Sprachen and Fluch der Schwäche's amplify effects can be extremely long in certain situations, whereas Fluch der Erschöpfung's would really only be used as a last resort, due to other extreme slows being way more easily accessible.

Dämonische Umarmung - A nice fat stamina increase. Stacks multiplicatively with Dämonische Seelenstärke.

Dämonische Inspiration - A small boost to either pet attack speed or Grimoire der Opferung damage.

Zornerfüllter Diener - A small boost to either pet damage or Grimoire der Opferung damage.

Dämonische Seelenstärke - A health increase - Stacks multiplicatively with Dämonische Umarmung.

Verbannen - A Very niche CC lockdown, only usable on Demons or Elementals. Breakable only by the banish cast timing out, or recasting banish on the banished target or another target.

Lehren der Satyrn - reduces Fluch verstärken cooldown from 30 to 20.

Verzweifelter Pakt - While below 50% hp, Blutsauger heals for 30% more.

Süße Seelen - Your Healthstone heals you for more, and whenever anybody in your party or raid uses a healthstone you gave them, it also heals you for the amount it heals them. Your teammates can save you by healthstoning.

Entsetzen - Causes targets affected by your Furcht to tremble in place, giving us a semi-reliable form of CC.

Dämonisches Tor - A utility spell of its own, this drops a portal on the ground at your location and at a targeted location. While active, players can interact with one end of the gateway to very quickly move to the other end of the gateway. Extremely useful for cheesing certain raid mechanics.

Alptraum - A small benefit to Furcht, slowing enemies after the horrify effect. Not very useful.

Großes Verbannen - Doubles the duration of Verbannen, and adds undead to the list of potential targets.

Dunkler Pakt - A massive defensive button on a relatively short Cooldown. - Sacrifices health for 2.5x the health sacrificed as a shield.

Stärke des Willens / Finsteres Abkommen - A Choice between two Erbarmungslose Entschlossenheit augments - either 45 seconds off of the cooldown, or an additional 15% damage reduction. Generally speaking the increased reduction is more valuable, unless a fight has damage windows shorter than 3 minutes in between.

Schattenfuror - Warlock's AoE stun. Relatively long cast time, but valuable for controlling large packs, especially in mythic+.

Sekret der Teufel / Häufiger Spender - Two augments for Dunkler Pakt - either reduced health sacrifice (for same shield amount), or 15 seconds of CDR on Dunkler Pakt. Neither is a must take, but the reduced cooldown is very nice for just always having a defensive up.

Socrethars List - A minor increase to your Agonie damage.

Technik der Sargerei - A minor increase to either your Seelendieb or Schattenblitz damage.

Furor der Dunkelheit / Schattenflamme - A choice between reduced cooldown/radius increase on Schattenfuror, or a large 70% slow in a small radius in front of the warlock.

Teufelssynergie - A further buff to Seele entziehen, providing a small heal to the warlock for a portion of the absorb shield.

Seelenverbindung - Probably one of the most broken spells in the game - a passive 10% damage taken reduction, transferring the damage to your pet instead.

Lehren der Schwarzen Ernte - Gives each of your pets a small buff to their specific ability - unfortunately, the only real useful buff here is to your felhunter, which gets a 5 second cooldown reduction on its interrupt.

Entschlossene Barriere - Reduces the cooldown of your Erbarmungslose Entschlossenheit if you take a hit for 5% or more of your health.

Grimoire der Synergie - One of the few damage increases on the default tree - you and your pet buff each other.

Profaner Handel - Increases the value of Seelenverbindung if you're below 35% health. Very strong.

Seelenverbindung - Another one of the few damage increases on the default tree - a small chance to restore a soul shard when spent.

Dämonische Abhärtung - Reduces your chance to be crit by a very small amount, and also reduces your pet's damage taken. Really seems like a PvP only talent.

Grausiges Festmahl - Blutsauger now channels and heals 30% faster. This talent can be useful in a quick pinch, but can't be used too often, as Blutsauger will OOM you very quickly.

Seelenbewahrer beschwören / Blick des Inquisitors - Inquisitor's Gaze is your best choice in all content, being a passive source of damage.

Seelenbrand - Consumes a soul shard to buff your next cast of several utility spells. Unfortunately, most of these buffs are relatively useless. The only real potential usecase I see here is the buff to Healthstone, which increases its healing by 30%, and also increases the warlock's max health by 20% for 12 seconds.

Affliction Warlock Talents

Unheilvolle Euphorie - Your main soul shard spender. Deals damage based on the amount of DoTs on your target, to any target with your DoTs.

Instabiles Gebrechen - A staple Affliction DoT.

Saat der Verderbnis - Your AoE Soul Shard spender.

Einbruch der Nacht - A proc that increases the damage of your next filler cast.

Höllenqual - Increases the initial stack count of your Agonie, and its max stack count.

Aussaat - Increases the number of seeds when you cast Saat der Verderbnis from 1 to 3.

Schattenumschlingung - When your filler does damage to the target, your damage done to the target is increased for 16 seconds, stacking 3 times.

Unheilvolle Saat - A substantial damage increase to every Unheilvolle Euphorie you cast.

Dunkle Kunstfertigkeit - Increases your main fillers damage, making it a more potent ability.

Quälende Verderbnis - Saat der Verderbnis damage increases the Agonie stack count of any target hit by 2.

Seelendieb - Replaces Schattenblitz as your filler. Drain Soul is a channeled spell instead of a casted spell, which smooths out your rotation. This also comes with a baked in 100% increased damage under 20%, adding to your execute damage.

Absolute Verderbnis / Lebensentzug - A choice between either an extra DoT, or making one of your DoTs permanent (or just longer in PvP). Generally speaking Lebensentzug is better on one or two targets, whereas Absolute Verderbnis edges out ahead on 3 or more targets.

Phantomsingularität / Übler Makel - A choice between an extra DoT that functions in two different ways. Phantomsingularität only applies a DoT to one target, but does AoE damage around it. Übler Makel Applies a DoT to all enemies in a ground target area, and also applies Agonie. Phantomsingularität is more single target focused, and Übler Makel is more aoe focused.

Seelenzapfer - Sacrifice a portion of your Seele entziehen for a Soul Shard. A very useful button, giving affliction warlocks an extra button press while moving. that is a net positive for DPS.

Unausweichliches Ableben - Every time your Agonie deals damage, you gain a stacking buff that increases the next Blutsauger casts' damage. Useful for funnel damage in multi-target situations.

Seelentausch - Allows you to "copy" and exhale your DOTs onto another target, giving you a slight increase in target swapping power.

Seelenflamme - Whenever a target dies that you've dealt damage to, it explodes for damage to targets around it. Might be nice for funnel, but completely useless on single target.

Grimoire der Opferung - Sacrifice your pet for a buff that deals flat damage on an rppm basis, while retaining its utility ability.

Pandemische Beschwörung - If you refresh your DoTs with less than 5 seconds left, you do a small amount of damage to the target and have a very small chance to gain a soul shard. Honestly, not that effective of a talent.

Ausdörrender Blitz - Your filler spells deal more damage to the target based on the amount of DoTs on it, up to 3.

Sacrolashs Dunkelstoß - Small Verderbnis damage increase, and also extends the duration of active curses on targets your Verderbnis deals damage to. Probably only useful as a pvp talent.

Schleichender Tod - Flat out, makes your DoT effects tick 15% faster. No longer has the downside of decreasing your DoT duration by 15%. Extremely strong.

Heimsuchung - Small nuke on a short CD that increases the target's damage taken by 10%.

Dunkelblick beschwören - Affliction's only major cooldown, increases all of your DoT durations once summoned, and does more damage per DoT active on any target.

Seelenfäule - A DoT with a one minute cooldown, that also can effect up to 3 nearby targets when cast. While active, if you cast Blutsauger, you will also cast a Blutsauger on any target affected by Seelenfäule. Very synergistic with Unausweichliches Ableben.

Xavius' Schachzug - Increases the damage of your Instabiles Gebrechen by 15/30% respectively.

Gequältes Crescendo - Grants your filler abilities a small chance to make your next Unheilvolle Euphorie free and instant.

Erbeutete Lebenskraft - Small buff to Heimsuchung, and heals the warlock for a portion of the damage Heimsuchung dealt.

Böswilliger Visionär - Your Dunkelblick beschwören's damage increases for each active DoT on any target, and also lasts 5 seconds longer.

Zorn der Aufzehrung - Provides a buff whenever a target dies with either Agonie or Verderbnis on them (or 2 stacks for both), increasing all DoT damage dealt. Stacks 5 times, and lasts 30 seconds.

Gier des Seelenfressers - Has been changed in 10.2 to a flat 15/30 second cooldown reduction per talent point spent.

Verdammnisblüte / Schreckensberührung - Verdammnisblüte is more AoE focused, and Schreckensberührung is more single target focused.

Heimgesuchte Seele - Provides a large buff to Dot damage effects to ALL targets while Heimsuchung is active.

Plan des Großhexenmeisters / Grimmige Reichweite - Two modifiers to Dunkelblick beschwören ; Plan des Großhexenmeisters reduces the cooldown of Dunkelblick beschwören by 60 seconds, and Grimmige Reichweite changes the single target damage your Dunkelblick beschwören does into a hit on every single target affected by your damage over time effects.

Dunkle Ernte provides a small buff to critical strike chance and haste for each target affected by Seelenfäule.

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Kommentar von Sportzy1964

Hello! Is it only me but I don't see shadow bolt at all in my spell book when I am spec'd Affliction. I see it here in the guide as a filler spell but not in my spell book.

Affliction Warlock Abilities and Talents Guide - Dragonflight 10.2.7

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