Overview
WoW Forever Affliction has its own playstyle and is no longer a support tree for 
Shadow Bolt. 
Wrack, the new final talent, is a filler drain: it deals damage every second and raises the damage of your other Shadow effects on the target by 10%.
The 
Soul Siphon talent empowers your drains by 12% per other Affliction effect on the target, up to 36%: keep at least 3 effects on your main target. With your damage-over-time effects on every enemy, it is the best sustained cleave in the game. The spec shines in long fights against 2 or more targets, and suffers in short fights, for lack of burst.
Most of your damage-over-time effects follow your buffs and debuffs in real time, without locking in their value on cast: it is a good spec to learn how to juggle them. Haste seems to bring you nothing, since your damage-over-time effects and drains ignore it. At level 20, the spec plays almost as in Classic, damage-over-time effects and wand, in tier B among DPS.
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths
- Sustained cleaveDamage-over-time effects on every enemy make the best sustained cleave in the game.
- Strong in long fightsThe longer the fight, the bigger your lead.
Weaknesses
- No burstNothing to hit hard all at once.
- Weak in short fightsWithout burst, they leave you far behind.
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You deal excellent sustained damage on several targets, and the longer the fight, the bigger your lead.
On the other hand, you have no burst, and short fights leave you far behind.
Key spells
Key talents
Suppression (5 ranks)+5% hit and 20% less threat. At 4 points, you reach the hit cap against a target of your level.
Improved Corruption (5 ranks)Instant, stronger Corruption.- +5% periodic damage.
- Killing a target under Drain Soul gives you 10 s of mana regeneration, even while casting.
- Stronger Drain Life, Drain Soul and Wrack.
- +100% critical damage on Corruption, your Banes, your drains, Siphon Life and Wrack.
- +5% Shadow critical strike chance.
Skip 
Fel Concentration.
Rotation and priorities
Single target:
Priority 6:Drain SoulFinish it: a mana window and shards with Soul Harvesting.When: Target nearly dead
Do not overwrite a damage-over-time effect that is still running, and do not put one on a mob about to die. Finish your targets with Drain Soul, which gives you a mana window and shards with 
Soul Harvesting.
On a boss: 
Curse of the Elements for a caster group, or 
Curse of Recklessness for a melee group, plus Bane of Agony.
Stats
- 1Spell power
- then 2Spell hit
- then 3Spell critical strike
- 2 Spell hit
- Suppression covers 4 to 5% of it.
- 3 Spell critical strike
- Your damage-over-time effects can crit.
Order to be confirmed: the exact priority is not settled yet.
Aim for spell power, then hit, of which Suppression covers 4 to 5%, and critical strike, since your damage-over-time effects can crit. Avoid haste. The exact order is still to be confirmed.
Leveling
At level 20, only 9 points are set: Improved Corruption 5/5 and Suppression 4/5. The other 2 depend on your playstyle: 
Improved Life Tap and Soul Harvesting for mana, 
Unholy Power, 
Demonic Embrace or 
Destructive Reach. With Legacy points: Suppression 5/5, 
Pandemic and 
Amplify Curse.
Sell your starting gear and food right away: you can buy Immolate at level 1. Buy the Lesser Magic Wand, then the Greater Magic Wand: cheap, and much stronger than before. Keep two Soul Shards for your summons, put a soulstone on your healer before pulls, and use 
Fear with care.
Changes compared to Classic
- New final talent.
- New talents.
- +5% hit on all spells and -20% threat.
- An extra +10% Corruption damage.
- +10% for 2 points, scaling with spell power.
- 30% slow for 12 s.
- 2% Shadow damage per point.
