Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
General Secondary stat priority is in single target is going to be: Crit > Mastery > Haste > Versatility with Intellect being king, this is regardless of hero talents. In AoE Haste gains more value if mobs are dying quickly, but generally the above is a good baseline.
Stat Outline
There are no hard caps or anything like that for Affliction but be aware of the diminishing returns that secondary stats have.
- Intellect - increases damage and other values on every spell.
- Crit - grants a chance to deal double damage on all spells.
- Mastery (Mastery: Potent Afflictions) - increases damage done by most of your main abilities.
- Haste - increases the amount of tics your DoTs deal per cast and makes your GCD and casts shorter.
- Versatility - flat increase to your damage, heal and reduce damage taken.
Haste becomes more beneficial in Mythic+ and boss fights where adds spawn, as it aids us in quickly DoTing everything with Crit and Mastery being stronger sustained encounters.
Races
The best races for Affliction warlocks will be Orcs or their Mag’har alternative for Horde players and Mechagnome or (Dark Iron) Dwarf for Alliance players.
Horde
- Orc
- Mag’har Orc
Alliance
- Dwarf
- Mechagnome
Mag’har Orc and Mechagnome are the highest simming races respectively but both types of Dwarfs have a very strong racial to remove all poison, disease, curse, magic, and bleed effects on a 2min CD.
Enchants
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant Of Winged Grace
Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Chant Of Armored Avoidance
Boots: Enchant Boots - Defender's March
Legs: Sunset Spellthread
Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Critical Strike
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Authority Of The Depths
Gems
Target the following gems:
Fill rest with Masterful Ruby
Culminating Blasphemite is our unique diamond which gives primary stat but also +0.15% critical effect per unique Algari gem colour, as such we want to try to get as many of the unique gem colours as possible, 4.
Like most stats - gems are susceptible to variances in the amount of secondary stat you have, so simming your gem combinations as well as other stat gear is the best way to find YOUR OWN BEST gems.
Consumables
Food: Feast Of The Midnight Masquerade (Beledar's Bounty if no feast)
Phials: Flask Of Alchemical Chaos
Potions: Tempered Potion
Health Potions: Invigorating Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune