Because of this, you'll want to target the Unholy set bonus, which unlocks the set bonus. These Rune Words are exceptionally powerful bonuses that you'll likely want to rush and maintain throughout Season 2.įor more information on Sanctum of Domination gear and Domination Sockets, check out the Affliction Warlock Gear Page!īest Raid Shards of Domination Build for Affliction Warlockīest Shards of Domination for Affliction Warlock in Raidįor Shards of Domination, the end result of what you'll want to choose is again, based on the amount of damage you gain. When you have 3 Shards of Domination of the same type socketed and are wearing the appropriate set-bonus gear piece assigned to that bonus (Helm for Unholy, Shoulders for Frost, and Chest for Blood) then you'll activate a special 'Rune Word' set bonus that's only active when in the Maw (including Korthia, Torghast, and Sanctum of Domination) via. Each type has 3 different Shards for a total of 9 different Shards of Domination and you can only equip one of each Shard. Shards of Domination come in 3 types: Blood, Frost, and Unholy. It's important to note that Shards of Domination can easily be swapped by using, obtained by spending 2,500 at in Korthia, allowing players to change their Shard of Domination build whenever they want. Two other item slots have Domination Sockets depending on your armor type: All Helms, Shoulders, Chests in have a Domination Socket. Each Shard of Domination has a unique effect when slotted into a Domination Socket of an equipped gear piece.Įach player can collect gear from with Domination Sockets, allowing players to socket up to 5 Shards of Domination. Shards of Domination are special upgradable gems with unique bonuses that drop from bosses within. Shards of Domination for Affliction Warlock Should you wish to learn more about how Shards of Domination affects your Affliction Warlock gear decisions, head over to our Affliction Warlock gear guide to learn more.Īffliction Warlock Gear in Shadowlands Season 2Sanctum of Domination Overview In this guide, we will provide the best Shards of Domination gearing advice for your Affliction Warlock, including what Shards of Domination to use, which pieces of Domination Socket gear to acquire, and the optimal order to upgrade your Shards. Specially the affliction-one is also made FAR easier if you got lucky and get the legendary sarcolash's dark strike as the perma-slow gives you a lot of additional room to breathe.Shards of Domination is a new gearing system coming with the Sanctum of Domination raid, providing powerful customizable bonuses through slotting Shards of Domination into specific Domination Socket items. Just read through the guides, gear up with antorus or some mythics until you feel comfortable (probably even LFR should be enough, don't know what ilvl antorus drops exactly but I was able to do all three challenges with mostly ToS LFR and some stuff I bought at the vindicaar for argunite) and don't be afraid to try them several times. If you learn to interrupt those key abilities that usually would oneshot you (or now with better gear probably would just take a larger chunk of your health) the challenges mostly repeat a pattern you can easily learn and come with DPS checks which shouldn't be a problem at all once you are geared up. For example affliction can be harsh if you miss the runes on the floor, sigryn when she casts blood of the father or tugar when he casts his fel burst. As this is an older raid (the one before antorus) you can simply outgear them by now and force your way through if you pay attention to the basic mechanics as explained in the guides. The challenges in general are tuned around tomb of sargeras gear.