Most of Affliction warlock's strength in Mythic+ is due to the prevalence in power per
영혼의 조각 utility. Before, you would use a single
영혼의 조각 to cast a single
불안정한 고통 on one target. Not very impactful, except for focused single target damage. Your only real AoE choice was to spam
부패의 씨앗.
Now, with the addition of
사악한 환희, you now have a strong nuke that hits every single target affected by your DoTs. To break down what a quick AoE pull could look like for an Affliction Warlock now, with no major cooldowns, you can throw a few
고통s out, cast one
부패의 씨앗 to apply
부패 to everything, cast
사악한 타락, then spam
사악한 환희 until you run out of shards. While this may not be the most ridiculous AoE output of any class (see Destruction Warlocks), it's essentially available for every single pull. In addition to this, Affliction is typically known to be one of the best scaling specs in the game - with endgame level secondary stats, it's no surprise that a spammable AoE nuke has nudged Affliction into the limelight.