Best in slot gear for Affliction Warlock at level 30 (PvP)

The best item for each slot for a level 30 Affliction Warlock in PvP, with the next two picks, where each comes from and how easy it is. Change the level (1 to 60) and switch PvE or PvP on the page; filters leave out dungeon drops, crafted items, world drops or PvP rewards, or keep only items players have seen in Forever.

Every slot

Head: Filigreed Shadow Circlet, score 26.6: +12 Stamina, +14 Shadow Damage Done, 38 armor. Crafted: Tailoring (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Filigreed Pristine Circlet, Shadow Circlet.
Neck: Souvenir Sea Shell, score 15.8: +13 Stamina, +5 Health per 5 sec. Needs Honored with Booty Bay (Forever client: who sells it isn't known yet). Some effort: Honored with Booty Bay. Next best: Scorn's Icy Choker, Master Sergeant's Insignia.
Shoulder: Moonlit Amice, score 15.4: +7 Stamina, +7 spell power, 34 armor. Quest reward: Return to Vahlarriel (a choice), level 33 · Alliance (Classic data). Easy: a quest reward. Next best: Seared Grove Shoulderpads, Chestnut Mantle.
Back: Caretaker's Cape (Horde: Battle Healer's Cloak), score 12.3: +6 Stamina, +4 spell damage, +4 Spirit. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 1g 7s 72c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Sergeant's Cape, Hillman's Cloak.
Chest: Shadow Gown, score 23.6: +13 Shadow Damage Done, +6 Stamina, +7 Intellect. Crafted: Tailoring (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Necrology Robes, Pristine Gown.
Wrist: Knife-Polishing Rag, score 9.3: +5 spell power, +7 Spirit, +4 Intellect. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Tabitha's Cuffs, Crusty Cuffs.
Hands: Tattered Mittens, score 15.2: +8 Stamina, +4 spell damage, +6 Spirit. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Shadow Gloves, Shilly Mitts.
Waist: Highlander's Cloth Girdle (Horde: Defiler's Cloth Girdle), score 18.5: +11 spell power, +4 Stamina, 88 armor. Sold by Samuel Hawke in Arathi Highlands (46, 45.2) for 72s 7c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Ghamoo-ra's Bind, Warsong Sash.
Legs: Necromancer Leggings, score 28.1: +12 Stamina, +10 Shadow Damage Done, +11 Intellect. Inside Box of Supplies (Classic data). Some effort: open the container. Next best: Shadow Leggings, Pristine Leggings.
Feet: Black Slippers, score 23.4: +13 Shadow Damage Done, +6 Stamina, +7 Intellect. Crafted: Tailoring (Forever client). Learn it at skill 1. Easy: craft it or buy it from a crafter. Next best: Gilded Slippers, Highlander's Cloth Boots.
Finger: Curl of Life, score 14.2: +7 Stamina, +5 spell power, +5 Health per 5 sec. Where it comes from isn't known yet: the Companion and Helper addons record it when players get one. Not known: where it comes from isn't known yet. Next best: Philanthropist's Ring, Malignant Root.
Finger: Dark Horde Band, score 12.6: +6 Stamina, +6 spell power. Drops from Stormwind Stockade (Clue, unconfirmed). Some effort: a dungeon drop, chance not known yet.
Trinket: Talisman of Arathor (Horde: Defiler's Talisman), score 6.6: +6 Stamina. Sold by Samuel Hawke in Arathi Highlands (46, 45.2) for 72s 30c (Classic data). Easy: buy it. Next best: Rune of Duty, Roogug's Severed Head.
Trinket: Rune of Perfection, score 4.4: +4 Stamina. Sold by Illiyana Moonblaze in Ashenvale (61.5, 83.9) for 2g (Classic data). Easy: buy it.
Main hand: Staff of the Shade, score 49.8: +37 Shadow Damage Done, +15 Stamina. World drop from level 24-32 creatures (Classic data). Hard: random luck. Next best: Staff of Soran'ruk, Witching Stave.
Off hand: none, the two-hander wins
Ranged or relic: Thunderwood, score 6: +6 spell power. World drop (Classic data). Hard: random luck. Next best: Wand of Eventide, Sizzle Stick.

A two-hander beats a one-hander and an off-hand here.

Stat weights (PvP)

Stamina 1.1, spell power 1, spell damage 1, Shadow Damage Done 0.9, hit 0.9, haste 0.8, Intellect 0.45, crit 0.35, Spirit 0.3, Spell Penetration 0.3, Health per 5 sec 0.3, armor 0.02. These are ForeverDB's own PvP weights, not Blizzard's. The Affliction Warlock PvP guide uses the same weights and names the same gear.

How the PvP weights work

Blizzard publishes no PvP stat weights, so these are ForeverDB's own. One set per spec picks the gear on the best in slot pages and in the class PvP guides, so the two always agree.
Each spec's weights are set by hand in its PvP guide, next to the guide's stat priority and why: Feral Druids are weighted for Cat Form and Stamina rather than Defense, Protection Warriors and Paladins put Stamina first and Defense well down, healers weigh healing and Stamina alike with less mana regeneration.
They follow the same reasoning for every spec: Stamina near the main stat or above it, because players focus you and you have to live through their burst; Hit worth less than against dungeon bosses, because players are your own level, not three above; mana per 5 sec worth less, because PvP fights are short; armour counted for every spec that wears it.
Where a guide leaves a stat out (Haste and Expertise for Arms and Fury, armour for cloth casters), a rule fills it in: Stamina 90% of the main stat, Hit and Expertise 80% of their PvE value, mana per 5 sec 70%, armor at least 0.02 per point, everything else as in PvE. A spec without a PvP guide yet uses the rule for every stat.
An item with nothing on it but armour still counts in PvP and for tanks: at low levels, where a plain mail or leather helmet is the only one there is, it is still the pick.

Every item is scored with the spec's stat weights, for what the class can wear at that level (armour and weapon skills come from the Forever client, so Hunters and Shamans get mail at 40 and Warriors and Paladins plate at 40). Untouched Season of Discovery leftovers are left out.

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