Warlock
Affliction
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Warlock Affliction
Strengths
- Damage over time: PandemicAffliction · Row 3 · 3 ranksIncreases the critical strike damage bonus of Corruption, Bane of Agony, Bane of Doom, Drain Soul, Drain Life, Siphon Life and Wrack by 33% / 67% / 100%. increases the critical damage bonus of Corruption2 sec cast · Duration 18 secCorrupts the target, dealing Shadow damage over 18 seconds., Bane of AgonyInstant · Duration 24 secDeals Shadow damage to the target over 24 seconds, slowly at first and then more and more. Only one Bane per Warlock on the same target., Drain SoulChanneled · Duration 15 secDrains the target's soul, dealing Shadow damage over 15 seconds. If the target dies during the spell, the Warlock gains a Soul Shard, needed for other spells., Drain LifeChanneled · Duration 5 secTransfers health from the target to the Warlock every second for 5 seconds. and Siphon LifeAffliction · Row 5 · 1 rankInstant · Duration 30 secTransfers 11 health from the target to the Warlock every 3 seconds for 30 seconds..
- Drains: Improved DrainsAffliction · Row 2 · 3 ranksIncreases the damage, health or mana drained by Drain Life, Drain Soul and Drain Mana by 7% / 13% / 20%. increases the damage or life drained by Drain LifeChanneled · Duration 5 secTransfers health from the target to the Warlock every second for 5 seconds. and Drain SoulChanneled · Duration 15 secDrains the target's soul, dealing Shadow damage over 15 seconds. If the target dies during the spell, the Warlock gains a Soul Shard, needed for other spells. by up to 20%.
- Slow: Curse of ExhaustionAffliction · Row 4 · 1 rankInstant · Duration 12 secRequires: Amplify Curse (1 rank)Reduces the target's movement speed by 30% for 12 seconds. Only one curse per Warlock on a given target., available after investing 16 points, reduces the target's movement speed by 30%.
Weaknesses
- Fragility: according to Blizzard, the Warlock is physically fragile and relies on demons for protection.
- Advanced talents out of reach: Shadow MasteryAffliction · Row 6 · 5 ranksIncreases the damage dealt or life drained by your Shadow spells by 2% / 4% / 6% / 8% / 10%. (26 points) and WrackAffliction · Row 7 · 1 rankChanneled · Duration 6 secRequires: Siphon Life (1 rank)Channeled: tears the target apart from within for 6 seconds, dealing 42 Shadow damage every second. While you channel, your Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony on the target deal their periodic damage 100% faster, and the time gained carries over after the channel ends. (31 points) are not available at level 30.
- Banes: each Warlock can apply only one bane to the same target.
