Affliction Warlock Mythic+ Guide for Shadowlands
Patch 9.2.5Shadowlands Mythic+ Season 4
Updated on December 4, 2022
Everything you need to improve your DPS performance in Mythic+ Dungeons.
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Type | Top Choice | Max. Key | Popularity |
|---|---|---|---|
Talents | Drain Soul Absolute Corruption Dark Pact Vile Taint Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +30 | 34% |
Weapons | Staff of Fractured Spacetime | +27 | 28% |
Trinkets | Tovra's Lightning Repository Enforcer's Stun Grenade | +29 | 23% |
Head | Horns of the Demon Star | +31 | 91% |
Neck | Shadowghast Necklace | +30 | 26% |
Shoulders | Mantle of the Demon Star | +31 | 83% |
Back | Grim-Veiled Cape | +30 | 56% |
Chest | Robes of the Demon Star | +31 | 96% |
Wrist | Bangles of the Demon Star | +30 | 25% |
Hands | Grasps of the Demon Star | +30 | 82% |
Waist | Grim-Veiled Belt | +31 | 37% |
Legs | Leggings of the Demon Star | +31 | 70% |
Feet | Grim-Veiled Sandals | +30 | 31% |
Rings | Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | +29 | 25% |
Legendaries | Decaying Soul Satchel | +31 | 93% |
Covenants | Night Fae | +31 | 93% |
Soulbinds |  | +31 | 84% |
Soulbind Abilities | Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Podtender Waking Dreams | +31 | 42% |
Conduit | Focused Malignancy | +31 | 88% |
Conduit Combination | Resolute Barrier Demonic Momentum Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +27 | 18% |
Gem | Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 58% |
Gem Combination | Quick Jewel Cluster | +24 | 10% |
Back Enchant | Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +31 | 35% |
Chest Enchant | Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +31 | 90% |
Wrist Enchant | Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +31 | 89% |
Belt Enchant | Dimensional Shifter | +31 | 12% |
Feet Enchant | Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +30 | 36% |
Ring Enchant | Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +31 | 43% |
Weapon Enchant | Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +31 | 94% |
Race | Performance Gain |
|---|---|
 Troll | +1.75% |
Talents +
Drain Soul Absolute Corruption Dark Pact Vile Taint Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +30 | 34% |
Drain Soul Writhe in Agony Dark Pact Vile Taint Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +29 | 11% |
Drain Soul Absolute Corruption Dark Pact Vile Taint Mortal Coil Shadow Embrace Dark Soul: Misery | +24 | 8% |
Drain Soul Writhe in Agony Dark Pact Sow the Seeds Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +25 | 7% |
Drain Soul Absolute Corruption Dark Pact Phantom Singularity Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +24 | 3% |
Drain Soul Absolute Corruption Dark Pact Sow the Seeds Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +22 | 3% |
Drain Soul Absolute Corruption Demon Skin Vile Taint Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +20 | 2% |
Drain Soul Writhe in Agony Dark Pact Phantom Singularity Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +30 | 2% |
Drain Soul Writhe in Agony Dark Pact Vile Taint Mortal Coil Shadow Embrace Dark Soul: Misery | +24 | 2% |
Drain Soul Siphon Life Dark Pact Phantom Singularity Mortal Coil Haunt Dark Soul: Misery | +31 | 2% |
Weapons +
Staff of Fractured Spacetime | +27 | 28% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Forbidden Truth | +30 | 11% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Acoustically Alluring Censer | +25 | 9% |
Thunderlord Flamestaff | +23 | 9% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Harp of the Sanguine Court | +31 | 6% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Lyre of Decadent Frivolity | +29 | 6% |
Neural Synapse Enhancer | +22 | 5% |
Antumbra, Shadow of the Cosmos Guarm's Lost Chew Toy | +26 | 4% |
Maledict Opus | +21 | 2% |
Spire of the Long Dark | +22 | 2% |
Trinkets +
Tovra's Lightning Repository Enforcer's Stun Grenade | +29 | 23% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Cabalist's Hymnal | +30 | 14% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade Deteriorated Construct Core | +26 | 6% |
Cabalist's Hymnal Shadowed Orb of Torment | +24 | 5% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Fleshrender's Meathook | +22 | 5% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository So'leah's Secret Technique | +27 | 4% |
Enforcer's Stun Grenade So'leah's Secret Technique | +24 | 4% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Cabalist's Hymnal | +22 | 3% |
Fleshrender's Meathook Deteriorated Construct Core | +24 | 3% |
Tovra's Lightning Repository Deteriorated Construct Core | +24 | 3% |
Head +
Horns of the Demon Star | +31 | 91% |
Grim-Veiled Hood | +21 | 3% |
Hood of Swirling Light | +30 | 3% |
Depraved Physician's Mask | +19 | 1% |
Wikket Witch's Hat | +19 | 1% |
Ephemera-Charged Thinking Cap | +23 | 1% |
Hood of Uncanny Perspectives | +23 | 1% |
Neck +
Shadowghast Necklace | +30 | 26% |
Ornately Engraved Amplifier | +27 | 17% |
Cabochon of the Infinite Flight | +24 | 12% |
Choker of Barbed Reins | +27 | 11% |
Charm of Eternal Winter | +28 | 9% |
Amulet of the Last Guardian | +22 | 6% |
Periapt of Pristine Preservation | +30 | 6% |
Worldkiller Iris | +24 | 3% |
Sin Stained Pendant | +23 | 2% |
Interplanar Keystone | +24 | 2% |
Shoulders +
Mantle of the Demon Star | +31 | 83% |
Grim-Veiled Spaulders | +26 | 7% |
Harmonious Spaulders | +24 | 3% |
Mantle of Swirling Light | +21 | 2% |
Felflame Spaulders | +23 | 2% |
Ephemera-Softened Exoskeleton | +24 | 1% |
Back +
Grim-Veiled Cape | +30 | 56% |
Drape of Titanic Dreams | +25 | 9% |
Cloak of Sweltering Flame | +23 | 8% |
Mountebank's Colorful Cloak | +27 | 5% |
Duplicating Drape | +23 | 4% |
Cape of the Demon Star | +25 | 4% |
Lurking Predator's Camouflage | +25 | 2% |
Shroud of the Sire's Chosen | +23 | 2% |
Cowled Batwing Cloak | +24 | 2% |
Wine-Stained Mantle | +31 | 2% |
Chest +
Robes of the Demon Star | +31 | 96% |
Grim-Veiled Robe | +22 | 2% |
Shadowlace Tunic | +19 | 1% |
Robes of Wicked Modesty | +22 | 1% |
Wrist +
Bangles of the Demon Star | +30 | 25% |
Felflame Bracers | +31 | 21% |
Grim-Veiled Bracers | +29 | 17% |
Auctioneer's Counting Bracers | +25 | 13% |
Bracers of Swirling Light | +23 | 7% |
Bracelets of the Sorrowful Bride | +25 | 4% |
Grim Pursuant's Maille | +22 | 3% |
Cruel Overlord's Shackles | +28 | 2% |
Acolyte's Velvet Bindings | +24 | 2% |
Skolex's Ravenous Skinguards | +26 | 2% |
Hands +
Grasps of the Demon Star | +30 | 82% |
Grim-Veiled Mittens | +31 | 6% |
Gloves of Arcane Confluence | +23 | 3% |
Cyphered Gloves | +29 | 3% |
Operator's Mitts | +20 | 1% |
Bindings of the Banished One | +22 | 1% |
Gloves of Swirling Light | +22 | 1% |
Insulating Threaded Gloves | +23 | 1% |
Grasps of the Clairvoyant Sage | +24 | 1% |
Impossibly Oversized Mitts | +26 | 1% |
Waist +
Grim-Veiled Belt | +31 | 37% |
Waistwrap of the Demon Star | +30 | 17% |
Pan-Dimensional Packing Cord | +26 | 9% |
Cord of the Penitent | +24 | 8% |
Silken Safety Harness | +28 | 6% |
Cord of Unity | +25 | 5% |
Ringmaster's Cummerbund | +24 | 5% |
Cinch of Infinite Tightness | +30 | 3% |
Shadewarped Sash | +29 | 3% |
Sash of the Silent Sonata | +24 | 1% |
Legs +
Leggings of the Demon Star | +31 | 70% |
Overcharged Pantaloons | +28 | 14% |
Hyperlight Leggings | +23 | 5% |
Leggings of Countless Worlds | +26 | 5% |
Royal Attendant's Trousers | +21 | 1% |
Courtier's Costume Trousers | +23 | 1% |
Grim-Veiled Pants | +23 | 1% |
Ancient Materium Tassets | +24 | 1% |
Trousers of Royal Vanity | +25 | 1% |
Feet +
Grim-Veiled Sandals | +30 | 31% |
Boots of the Demon Star | +29 | 18% |
Astonishingly Scarlet Slippers | +28 | 12% |
Hyperthread Boots | +28 | 11% |
Supplicant's Soiled Slippers | +25 | 9% |
Wilderness Stalker's Softsoles | +21 | 4% |
Slippers of the Forgotten Heretic | +31 | 3% |
Codebreaker's Cunning Sandals | +21 | 3% |
Phantasma-Forged Striders | +23 | 2% |
Stolen Nathrian Slippers | +29 | 1% |
Rings +
Logic Loop of Division Overclocking Bit Band | +29 | 25% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Overclocking Bit Band | +31 | 22% |
Ring of Collapsing Futures Shorting Bit Band | +23 | 3% |
Ring of Collapsing Futures Shadowghast Ring | +21 | 2% |
Ring of Collapsing Futures Protecting Bit Band | +21 | 2% |
Logic Loop of Recursion Shorting Bit Band | +23 | 2% |
Terestian's Signet Ring Ring of Collapsing Futures | +24 | 2% |
Rebooting Bit Band Logic Loop of Recursion | +24 | 2% |
Logic Loop of Division Shorting Bit Band | +25 | 2% |
Ring of Collapsing Futures Logic Loop of Recursion | +23 | 1% |
Legendaries +
Decaying Soul Satchel | +31 | 93% |
Wrath of Consumption | +30 | 55% |
Relic of Demonic Synergy | +26 | 22% |
Wilfred's Sigil of Superior Summoning | +28 | 9% |
Malefic Wrath | +31 | 9% |
Contained Perpetual Explosion | +28 | 5% |
Perpetual Agony of Azj'Aqir | +24 | 3% |
Sacrolash's Dark Strike | +20 | 2% |
Shard of Annihilation | +17 | 1% |
Languishing Soul Detritus | +21 | 1% |
Covenants +
Night Fae | +31 | 93% |
Venthyr | +28 | 5% |
Kyrian | +21 | 1% |
Necrolord | +21 | 1% |
Soulbinds +
| +31 | 84% |
 | +25 | 8% |
 | +28 | 3% |
 | +20 | 2% |
 | +20 | 1% |
 | +21 | 1% |
Soulbind Abilities +
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Podtender Waking Dreams | +31 | 42% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Faerie Dust Podtender Waking Dreams | +23 | 6% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Podtender Cunning Dreams | +21 | 2% |
Night Fae Soothing Voice Field of Blossoms Somnambulist Podtender Waking Dreams | +24 | 2% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Podtender Somnambulist Waking Dreams | +25 | 2% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Podtender Dream Delver | +29 | 2% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Waking Dreams Dream Delver | +25 | 1% |
Night Fae Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Somnambulist Waking Dreams Podtender | +24 | 1% |
Night Fae Soothing Voice Podtender Field of Blossoms Somnambulist Waking Dreams | +24 | 1% |
Night Fae Somnambulist Field of Blossoms Soothing Voice Podtender Waking Dreams | +24 | 1% |
Conduit +
Focused Malignancy | +31 | 88% |
Soul Eater | +31 | 81% |
Condensed Anima Sphere | +31 | 79% |
Withering Bolt | +31 | 71% |
Resolute Barrier | +30 | 65% |
Demonic Momentum | +31 | 60% |
Fel Celerity | +30 | 45% |
Rolling Agony | +30 | 33% |
Diabolic Bloodstone | +29 | 27% |
Accrued Vitality | +31 | 17% |
Conduit Combination +
Resolute Barrier Demonic Momentum Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +27 | 18% |
Fel Celerity Resolute Barrier Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +25 | 12% |
Resolute Barrier Demonic Momentum Rolling Agony Focused Malignancy Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +28 | 6% |
Fel Celerity Demonic Momentum Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +25 | 4% |
Fel Celerity Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Diabolic Bloodstone Condensed Anima Sphere | +24 | 3% |
Demonic Momentum Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Diabolic Bloodstone Condensed Anima Sphere | +24 | 3% |
Fel Celerity Resolute Barrier Rolling Agony Focused Malignancy Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +30 | 3% |
Fel Celerity Accrued Vitality Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +21 | 2% |
Accrued Vitality Demonic Momentum Focused Malignancy Withering Bolt Soul Eater Condensed Anima Sphere | +31 | 2% |
Demonic Momentum Rolling Agony Focused Malignancy Soul Eater Diabolic Bloodstone Condensed Anima Sphere | +26 | 2% |
Gem +
Quick Jewel Cluster | +31 | 58% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +31 | 52% |
Deadly Jewel Cluster | +30 | 10% |
Versatile Jewel Cluster | +25 | 3% |
Leviathan's Eye of Intellect | +23 | 2% |
Straddling Sage Agate | +24 | 1% |
Straddling Jewel Doublet | +28 | 1% |
Gem Combination +
Quick Jewel Cluster | +24 | 10% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +24 | 7% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +29 | 6% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster | +22 | 5% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +24 | 5% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +25 | 5% |
Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster Quick Jewel Cluster | +25 | 5% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +25 | 5% |
Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster Masterful Jewel Cluster | +24 | 4% |
Back Enchant +
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance | +31 | 35% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Leech | +25 | 21% |
Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed | +24 | 19% |
Enchant Cloak - Soul Vitality | +30 | 16% |
Chest Enchant +
Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats | +31 | 90% |
Enchant Chest - Eternal Insight | +24 | 4% |
Enchant Chest - Sacred Stats | +21 | 1% |
Wrist Enchant +
Enchant Bracers - Eternal Intellect | +31 | 89% |
Enchant Bracers - Illuminated Soul | +20 | 1% |
Belt Enchant +
Dimensional Shifter | +31 | 12% |
Nitro Boosts | +22 | 3% |
Feet Enchant +
Enchant Boots - Soul Treads | +30 | 36% |
Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility | +24 | 2% |
Ring Enchant +
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +31 | 43% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +30 | 37% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +25 | 8% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike | +28 | 3% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +21 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Mastery | +23 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Critical Strike Enchant Ring - Tenet of Haste | +25 | 2% |
Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility | +20 | 1% |
Weapon Enchant +
Enchant Weapon - Celestial Guidance | +31 | 94% |
Enchant Weapon - Sinful Revelation | +21 | 3% |
Races +
| +1.75% |
 | +1.65% |
 | +1.40% |
 | +1.32% |
 | +1.14% |
 | +0.95% |
 | +0.93% |
 | +0.87% |
 | +0.87% |
 | +0.66% |
 | +0.61% |
 | +0.57% |
 | +0.20% |
 | +0.00% |
This guide covers all the essential parts of character optimization needed to maximize your DPS in Mythic+ Dungeons as Affliction Warlock.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the data come from?
Our guides are based on statistics. We use algorithms to process thousands of Mythic+ Logs (from Warcraft Logs) every day. By analyzing this Big Data from top parses we are able to precisely calculate what are World's Best Players using now.
How to use this guide?
We evaluate each item by their Maximum Key and Popularity metrics. If unsure what to choose, the safest option is to pick the most popular one. Also, be sure to use our dungeon filter when optimizing for different M+ Dungeons.