Hey everybody. If you’re wanting Affliction Warlock information you’ve come to the right place. I’m gonna teach you how to tuck and roll, eat dirt and spit fire, and curse out your parents! Ok, not really. I will share some helpful insight on Affliction Warlock PvP though? Sound cool? Rad.
Affliction Warlock PvP is a different beast than any of the other builds have to deal with. Affliction takes patience and it takes precise timing of DoTs to win battles. Often times, Affliction Warlocks will just jump into the fray and expect to go toe to toe with some Warrior while they wait for their DoTs to take him down. This is really..and I mean really.. the wrong thing to do ladies and gents. To solve this misconception, I have a method that I use to beat everyone in PvP with my Affliction Warlock. Would you like to hear it? Are you sure? Ok…but it’s pretty involved. HERE IT IS! THE METHOD THAT WILL MAKE YOU UNSTOPPABLE IN AFFLICTION WARLOCK PVP!
Step 1: Cast DoTs
Step 2: Run Away.
Yes, that’s right. I know you guys don’t know me yet but I’m not one to bullshit you. I’ve won more battles that I’d like to admit by simply setting my DoTs and running away from the enemy. I mean, they’re taking damage…you’re not. This is seriously an awesome method. This method is so useful it’ll make you wanna smack your momma in the face…possibly with curse of agony. She will then proceed to try and bitch slap you back…but then you just run away.
P.S. (If she catches up to you…fear. lolzors.)
Here are some Affliction Warlock Builds for you gents. These are the two most widely used Affliction Warlock Builds at the time of this posting. They can be altered a little bit to fit your tastes, but I’d warn against altering them too much as their usability heavily depends on a central theme that these talent trees have going.
Ok, so with this build, the entire object is to buff your character’s DPS out as much as possible. The build gives up some utility, but it makes up for it with pure, raw dps. Cataclysm no longer has hit, so you’ve got 3 more points there (if you were spec’d before 3.1) Super duper. You’ve seen the talent tree, now let’s break down the spell cycle:
Shadow Bolt, Haunt, Corruption, Curse of Agony, Unstable Affliction, Shadow Bolt. Repeat as necessary until your target shits his or herself and runs away screaming like a small manchild.
Quite the opposite of the above build, this build focuses on just a little bit more utility than raw dps, making it a solid choice for Affliction Warlock PvP. Improved Fear, Curse of Exhaustion and Grim Reach all give you some very potent advantages over the enemy in PvP. This buid gives you the utility you can use, with the stability you need.