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State of Affliction Warlock in Shadowlands Beta - Legendaries, Covenant Abilities, New Toolkit

Pubblicato 7 giorni fa da Squishei

Hi there! My name is Kalamazi and I have been playing Warlock since the start of Burning Crusade. I had always been interested in become more involved within the Warlock theorycrafting community and decided to take the plunge at the start of Battle for Azeroth.

You can find me on YouTube, Twitter and Twitch where I stream 5-6 days a week. Feel free to stop by with any questions you might have!

IntroductionWhat has changedClass and Spec ChangesLong gone are the days of casting multiple stack of on numerous targets as is it now limited to 1 at all times. In addition to that change the 10% bonus damage effect that it currently brings in BFA has been removed as well as the cost, however the shard generation effect it has if a target dies while is active is still present. This means that can be leveraged as a shard generation tool in certain setting where you are able to move the effect to different mobs once the previous one dies. It has also had its duration increased to a whopping 16 seconds baseline, which is increased to 21 seconds at level 56.

is our new spender now that has had its cost removed and I feel it is a large step in the right direction for Affliction’s toolkit. This effect costs 1 and deals damage to every target that has at least 1 active DOT on them which increases in value for each additional DOT active on the target. This is a very powerful effect in AOE based scenarios after you apply your initial DOTs and really helps make up for the lack of on demand burst damage that Affliction has. It is also a very effective single target shard spender, dealing a large portion of our overall damage in those settings.

has become a passive effect (which is learned at level 52) that is applied by and , offering a similar effect to the 10% bonus damage that has lost. also applies if chosen as a talent.

now deals a small amount of damage upon application once rank 3 is learned at level 54. It is important to note that the initial application damage is only from the player casting , not exploding.

Talents

now has an increased proc rate based off how many different instances of are active. This is a welcome change as in its current form (BFA) you have the same proc rate with 1 active as you do 50.

is now a PVP talent and has been replaced with the BFA Azerite effect . This trait is exceptionally powerful due to the large amount of burst damage and self-healing it can bring at max stacks (50) and gains a tremendous amount of value in multi-target settings.

has had it max stack count increased to 18 (was 15) and now also starts at 4 stacks in an attempt to assist the player in reaching its full potential faster. This effect is reminiscent of the “” Azerite trait in BFA.

has been reverted to the way it functioned in Legion, causing to embed two additional seeds on cast, for a total of three.

has made its triumphant return as a talent in place of , which has become a baseline ability for Warlocks in Shadowlands.

is a new talent that has taken the place of (baseline) which reduces the cooldown of our ability by one minute. This ability is deceptively powerful as it syncs our talent (if chosen) with our .

The PVP talent has been altered to now remove all active s on your nearest 5 enemies and deal 10% of their maximum health as Shadow damage. It also grants one per enemy hit. Covenant Abilities

Kyrian

: It is important to note that this effect currently DOES count as a DOT towards and is also extended by our ability. While those two interactions are undeniably powerful, the shard generation that it brings I feel is not. With generating a upon death and not having an actual casting cost, it makes shard generation better in Mythic + or similar settings. If you also select the talent you have multiple ways to transition from one pack to another in the 4-5 range with ease.

: While the healing effect this ability brings is nice, it is grossly overshadowed by other covenants abilities and their usefulness.

Venthyr

: This ability is very unique as it both applies a DOT as well as either or . The unfortunate part though is that it does not “smart curse” meaning it will often apply Tongues to a melee based mob and Weakness to casters. The DOT that is applied however is AOE based and does indeed count towards ’s DOT count. Although, this effect (unlike ) is currently NOT extended by our ability.

: This is one of the most exciting universal covenant abilities out there, allowing you to skip certain packs or obstacles in Mythic + as well as potentially entire boss abilities, like Uu'nat beams.

Night Fae

: This effect is certainly more powerful for Affliction than it is Demonology or Destruction as the AOE it casts is indeed affected by our new talent . This can lead to a very large AOE burst window every minute or so with a high stack count and multiple targets being present. This effect also counts towards ’s DOT count and is also currently being extended by .

: This effect is similar to the Venthyr effect, but also very different. has a 35 yard range while is limited to 10. You also are not able to select the area you wish to “blink” to, it is simply 10 yards in front of where you currently are standing. The speed boost is nice but also shares a similar effect to .

Necrolord

: This ability provides an “execute” style damage amp while being on a 45 second cooldown. It increases the damage of your next three or casts by 200% baseline which increases based on your target’s missing health. The first interesting part of is that it essentially “Snapshots” the damage amplification bonus. If I cast on a mob at 10% health and get a 380% bonus effect to my next three s and then turn to a mob at 100% health, it will still hit that mob for the full 380% bonus damage. The second interesting thing is that affects three full channels, not just 3 ticks. already has a 100% increased damage effect once the target is below 20% health, so stacking these two effects makes it hit extremely hard.

: Not as useful as in certain settings but the shield it provides is large and can be used mostly on CD in Mythic + settings if need be. Consuming corpses of surrounding enemies also does not currently appear to “tag” them, meaning your entire group can share the same corpses for a larger effect.
Covenant ConclusionLegendaries – A legion favorite has returned to us in Shadowlands! This effect brings with it a 1 second reduction to your for each you spend. While this effect is powerful, we already have the new trait which syncs our ability to our . Taking into consideration that we are going to cast somewhere around 20-25 every two minutes; this effect sadly does not seem extremely powerful.

Slot: Wrist, Finger

– This effect does not have any kind of interaction with or granting you any additional ticks of . It simply does what it says it does, which is make your channel twice as fast. It can lead to some very quick burst/self-healing in PVP potentially with a high stack of , but I don't see it making much of an impact in PVE.

Slot: Waist, Feet

– This legendary grants a 10% chance to refund all spent, which will always be 1. It is basically a weaker version of and feels a bit underwhelming. If the refund rate was increased to say 20% or so it might be a bit more impactful but currently feels lackluster.

Slot: Head, Shoulder

aka “Portal Pants” – Making your instant cast and also giving it two charges is more impactful than it may seem. It can certainly be of use in PVP/arenas or similar settings but the real question is why play this over a damage based effect? It did see a good bit of play in Legion Mythic + when it came to traversing a large area quickly, but that was only due to gear swapping being a thing.

Slot: Neck, Chest

– Giving a 20% increased chance to generate a might seem like a powerful effect but when compared to the other legendaries that Affliction has and the RNG of an effect like this, I think we can do a bit better.

Slot: Chest, Finger

– This effect causes your to increase the damage of your and spells by 25%, stacking up to three times. If you pair this effect with and the talent, it truly becomes a powerhouse. Initial testing has shown to be nearly 60% of our damage output in execute when paired with said effects thus making Affliction Warlock execute damage extremely potent. Even outside of execute it causes you to alter your play style around 45 second (if selected) burst windows; which revolve around casting and maintaining a 3 stack of .

Slot: Shoulder, Hands

– Another returning effect from Legion, was one of the reasons Warlock was so strong in Mythic +. It has the same damage increase from Legion but the slow effect has been reduced from 60% (Legion) to 15% in Shadowlands. I will say that the effect still currently applies the full 60% slow on Beta realms right now but I believe that will be changing soon. A 45% difference in the slow effect will certainly be noticeable but the question is, is just how noticeable?

Slot: Legs, Feet

– This effect is another iconic ability from Legion but with a slight difference; In Legion the effect stated that whenever you “kill a target” you received a bonus effect to your damage over time spells. In Shadowlands that target has to die with applied to it but the effect also has a much larger bonus, 5% per stack and stacking up to 5 times. Affliction's toolkit has certainly changed a bit from Legion but you simply cannot deny the power level of in certain settings.

Slot: Feet, Back

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Commento di CodemagusRemovedCommento di InquisitiusKala you are awesome! Thanks for that warlock dedication and knowledge.

The thing that we warlocks love about affli is the dot power, currently Drain Soul is our first damage and that's a filler spell and malefic rapture our second damage, so dots do 0 damage now....

I remember a time when I put Agony+corruption+Syphon life in a monster and he died without anything else, and no ramp up time.

Affli is better than in bfa, but blizzard has to put our primary damage on dots, not on shard spenders o fillers...Commento di EmeraldBlueI switched to Destroy in BFA; because it was so much stronger than Affliction, but it feels like playing just another standard Mage spec.
I'll be happy if I can return to Affliction now. I loved playing that in Legion.Commento di IceWolfDKI switched to Destroy in BFA; because it was so much stronger than Affliction, but it feels like playing just another standard Mage spec.
I'll be happy if I can return to Affliction now. I loved playing that in Legion.Commento di orca2017Well thank you for that info Today I just started testing out a affliction undead warlock I'm likingbslot..what addons cani use to max my dots?Commento di navysilanAgree, but i can't say you're 100% right

Main Problem with Warlocks in BFA was no talent choices. Some talents in the talent rows were just too strong compared to the another ones.
You didn't mention almost anything about that last talent row needs changes ASAP. Also you didn't mentioned anything about GoS, as it feels so behind another talents.

Drain Soul as Main spell: I love that idea, noone likes shadow bolt
Nightfall Needs some drastic changes, i think it should work on Malefic Rapture

I disagree about Mark of Borrowed Power, i think it's very good,

About covenant, we have to also remember about soulbinds. Also, venthyr spell is a bit more.... versatileCommento di odietamoteThis is great. Thanks very much!Commento di selkie47anyone else miss when soulshatter was an aggro dump for locks? :/Commento di EastBWow, a Shadowlands “State Of” post that was actually upbeat and positive? That might just be a world first!

Glad to see that some specs are doing well. I may have to dust off my Warlock and play it during Shadowlands.Commento di etrnlaffairI agree that Drain Soul should be made baseline again. The nightfall talent idea makes alot of sense as well. I would love the Maelific Grasp talent reincorporated. I had planned a write up on the forums shortly but this is much more concise and from a name people actually know.

Thank you.Commento di KaggMan Kala famous now!Commento di schmilblick@mods : can you put links to the other "State of x class" articles in each one ? thank you.Commento di PufflesmashWouldn't the Claw of Endereth legendary double the amount of life drains you could fit into your Soul Rot? Still probably wouldn't outweigh the other legendaries even under perfect conditions, but it's worth mentioning for those who want to play Night FaeCommento di ChunkyCoffeeI keep seeing people mention how Door of Shadows is able to skip mob packs in shadowlands mythic+ but I wonder how many it will be a viable option for, considering the range is 35 which is 5 less than any given mobs aggro diameter you would have to have it at an angle, and every mob in the pack adds even more to that diameter, and if even 1 team member screws up by 1 yard you all fail collectively. So I wonder how reliable it will even be. Also, as I am not lucky enough to be in beta this time around, I can't test it, so I would love to see someone post a video of them actually reliably pulling it off.Commento di ChunkyCoffeeSomething I would like a confirmation on is Soul Rot and Darkglare, I'm assuming that Darkglare only extends the dot effect and the AOE drain buff is a separate thing that it does not extend.Commento di GorzeekiSomething I would like a confirmation on is Soul Rot and Darkglare, I'm assuming that Darkglare only extends the dot effect and the AOE drain buff is a separate thing that it does not extend.Commento di xeravKinda like how they buffed affliction execute phase to make up for the lack of initial burst damage. Seems like the way to go.

Nightfall: Tbh its a old talent which does not fit into current GCD plagued rotations (and it also competes with drain soul so i doubt this one will ever be good). If they revert GCD and we got more time to do stuff maybe.

While afflicition looks strong i would also love if they change the last talent row its just so plain boring.Commento di IceWolfDKI am looking forward to see the information about Destruction, just to have something to compare with. While I am destro at the moment, Ive considering to focus on either of the other specs. So far my impression is that affliction got the most attention.Commento di JamonycajalGiven the reasoning made by OP I feel like Scouring Tithe would be a much better ability altogether if it made your next two/three soul shard expenders free instead of capping your soul shards. I don't know how would that be for the other two specs, though.Commento di YortalAt the moment BFA made me stop playing warlock, which I played for 10 years btw, it was just no fun at all to play, I made a bunch of reroll to find something I actually enjoy. I hope these changes will make it a bit more fun to play.

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