Affliction Warlock Mists of Pandaria: Remix Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch

Welcome to our MoP Remix Guide for Affliction Warlock! This page contains everything you need to know about getting the most out of your Affliction Warlock in the Patch 10.2.7 special feature, Mists of Pandaria: Remix.

This page is focused only on Affliction Warlock in MoP Remix. If you want to know more about MoP Remix in general, such as its rewards, check out our dedicated page below.

Below, you will find our recommended leveling build and talent pickup order for your Affliction Warlock in MoP Remix. There are various ways of leveling in MoP Remix, and we offer some builds for the most relevant ways.

Note that this Leveling section is specific to MoP Remix. For our Dragonflight Leveling Guide for Affliction Warlock, please check our dedicated Leveling page.

Gems are one of the unique ways to augment your character in MoP Remix, offering offensive, defensive, and utility benefits. On this page, we list the best gems for each type. To learn more about Gems in MoP Remix in general, check out our dedicated page below.

• Meta Gem: Lifestorm for Raids / Oblivion Sphere for dungeons or outdoor content
• Cogwheel Gem: Mostly personal preference, but Blink is always good, whereas Soulshape is very good for outdoor travel
• Prismatic Gems:

  You will have a tremendous amount of stats as you start unlocking all Gem slots, and there is no single best stat to stack.

• Tinker Gems:
  • Windweaver
  • Brilliance
  • Sunstrider's Flourish
  • Enkindle
  • Hailstorm
  • Incendiary Terror
  • Lightning Rod
  • Meteor Storm
  • Slay
  • Explosive Barrage
  • Brittle — Mainly for dungeons.
  • Wildfire

To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the slider to select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with each level!

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Dungeon / AoE Open-World Build:

1. Level 10 — maintain Agony on the target. Prioritise it over Corruption when tagging mobs.
2. Level 11 — keep Unstable Affliction rolling on the target. Consider recasting it on dying enemies to gain 1 Shard in the process.
3. Level 53 — cast Soul Rot after having all the DoTs applied, in order to have stronger Malefic Raptures. The Drain Life component should be considered as a tool to sustain as the damage is otherwise low.
4. Level 29 — Use Vile Taint as often as possible, prioritizing multi-target situations.
5. Level 2 — the first DoT becomes available Corruption, which should be used to tag and soften up multiple enemies whenever spamming a few shadowbolts will not kill them quicker.
6. Level 35 — Cast Summon Darkglare after having applied as many Damage over Time effect as possible.
7. Level 10 — Malefic Rapture is the main Soul Shard spender both in single target and multi-target. To maximize its impact, cast it when you have the highest amount of periodic damage on targets.
8. Level 13 — Seed of Corruption is unlocked, and is mostly used to spread Corruption on stacked targets to enable Malefic Rapture burst windows quicker.

Raid / Cleave Build:

1. Level 10 — maintain Agony on the target. Prioritise it over Corruption when tagging mobs.
2. Level 11 — keep Unstable Affliction rolling on the target. Consider recasting it on dying enemies to gain 1 Shard in the process.
3. Level 33 — Maintain Haunt on the primary target.
4. Level 61 — Cast Oblivion on cooldown on the main target or priority add if dictated by the encounter.
5. Level 53 — cast Soul Rot after having all the DoTs applied, in order to have stronger Malefic Raptures. The Drain Life component should be considered as a tool to sustain as the damage is otherwise low.
6. Level 29 — Use Vile Taint as often as possible, prioritizing multi-target situations.
7. Level 2 — the first DoT becomes available Corruption, which should be used to tag and soften up multiple enemies whenever spamming a few shadowbolts will not kill them quicker.
8. Level 35 — Cast Summon Darkglare after having applied as many Damage over Time effect as possible.
9. Level 10 — Malefic Rapture is the main Soul Shard spender both in single target and multi-target. To maximize its impact, cast it when you have the highest amount of periodic damage on targets.
10. Level 13 — Seed of Corruption is unlocked, and is mostly used to spread Corruption on stacked targets to enable Malefic Rapture burst windows quicker.