Affliction Warlock Leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:December 5, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Affliction Warlock leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Affliction Warlock
HellcallerLevel 70
Hellcaller Affliction Warlock leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Seed of Corruption
    • To mass applyWither.
  • Vile Taint
    • To mass apply Agony.
  • Summon Darkglare
    • Is your main cooldown every 2 minutes.

Class Tree

  • Shadowfury
    • To AoE stun enemies during a large pull.
  • Lifeblood in combination with Pact of Gluttony gives you a lot more sustain even if you stay in combat for a longer period.

Hero Talents

  • Hellcaller performs better than Soul Harvester while leveling due to the fact that it has more passive damage and is easier to play.
  • Corruption is replaced with Wither.
  • You have access to a 1-minute cooldown called Malevolence that increases your haste!

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Hellcaller as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Blackened Soul.
2. Level 72
  • Pick Hatefury Rituals.
3. Level 73
  • Pick Seeds of Their Demise
4. Level 74
  • Pick Malevolence
5. Level 75
  • Pick Xalan's Ferocity
6. Level 76
  • Pick Aura of Enfeeblement
7. Level 77
  • Pick Mark of Xavius
8. Level 78
  • Pick Xalan's Cruelty
9. Level 79
  • Pick Zevrim's Resilience
10. Level 80
  • Pick Mark of Peroth'arn

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Affliction Warlock

Single-Target

  • You want to spend as many Soul Shards as possible during your opener.
Affliction Warlock Single-Target leveling opener
  • Replace Vile Taint with Agony in the opener if you have it on cooldown.
  • Always keep up Unstable Affliction, Agony and Wither.
  • Don't overcap on Soul Shards.
  • Use Drain Soul to finish your target to gain a free Soul Shard.

AoE

  • In general, you should use Agony to tag and gather the mobs and follow it with a Seed of Corruption cast to apply Wither.
Affliction Warlock AoE leveling opener
  • Always cast Wither and Agony unless it was already applied by Seed of Corruption or Vile Taint and it lasts for at least 6 seconds.
  • Don't overcap on Soul Shards.
  • Snipe enemies that are about to die with Drain Soul if you are low on Soul Shards.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Affliction Warlock
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 20x Gunshoes
    • Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
    • Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Wexi

Reviewed by: Xerwo

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