I

Monster Rounds

Fast farm for low investment.

I

Mystic Burst

Essentially +50% Cloak damage in lane.

II

Active

Cold Front

Your fifth ability, use it often!

I

Active

Rusted Barrel

Great tempo item against gun lanes. Skip and buy Expansion early if your lane is mostly spirit.

II

Mystic Vulnerability

Easy to apply resist shred. Spirit Resist is also useful.

III

Active

Majestic Leap

Your main way of engaging, use it to stack Barrage and evaluate the fight. Still good after the nerfs.

I

Extra Stamina

Good early upgrade to your movement.

III

Active

Cultist Sacrifice

I dislike this item, but it's just too good for farm and tempo early... Sellable late for active slots.

I

Extra Health

Mostly just to get you to 4.8 / 7.2k Vitality. If you have to sell Healing Rite for active slots and it would take you below the threshold, pick this up soon after.

I

Active

Healing Rite

Emotional Support Healing Rite. Buy early if under pressure. Sellable late.

I

Rebuttal

If your lane is super punch heavy.

I

Imbue

Mystic Expansion

Makes hitting Affliction easy.

III

Active

Alchemical Fire

Massive bullet resist reduction, also reduces spirit resist, since we have Mystic Vuln. A real teamfight winner if played right.

III

Stamina Mastery

More movement upgrades.

III

Tankbuster

"True" spirit damage means we can deal with high resist heroes.

I

Rapid Rounds

Buy as soon as you get your first flex slot to get you to 7.2k gun investment. Sellable for Spellslinger super late.

III

Superior Duration

More ticks, more damage, more debuff.

IV

Boundless Spirit

Scales our damage by a huge amount.

III

Greater Expansion

Extra range for those mid-game teamfights.

IV

Active

Arctic Blast

Stun people in close range to land your abilities and keep them in range.

IV

Spellslinger

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! Sell Rapid Rounds and/or Cultist.

IV

Diviner's Kevlar

Huge shield and a decent amount of Spirit Power for Affliction. Sell 800 Vitality.

III

Express Shot

Big burst damage and gun investment.

IV

Active

Shadow Weave

Tons of stats and the rotate ability is really useful. Great gun investment. Alternative to Cultist if you're a believer.

IV

Active

Focus Lens

Damage amp and silence on a very short cooldown.

IV

Spirit Burn

Healing reduction and bonus damage over time. If you can proc this on multiple people, you will likely win the teamfight.

II

Enchanter's Emblem

Strong passive, especially when we start with negative spirit resist.

III

Counterspell

Stop That Right Now!

IV

Plated Armor

Good against heavy on-hit teams.

IV

Spellbreaker

Big late game anti-burst item.

II

Imbue

Duration Extender

Extra time on Affliction makes enemy teamfights a pain.

III

Active

Disarming Hex

With gun appearing more and more, this stops them pressing their button. Skip / sell Cultist if gun is a real problem.

IV

Escalating Exposure

Unlimited money late game item. Get basically everything before this.

II

Debuff Reducer

Good for minor stuns and debuffs if you don't have any active slots.

III

Active

Debuff Remover

Anti Focus Lens / Capacitor tech.

III

Active

Warp Stone

Get out of there fast. An alternative to Debuff Remover.

IV

Active

Unstoppable

For when you need to deal with late-game chaos. Sell Cultist for Active Slot.

II

Imbue

Compress Cooldown

Less Affliction downtime.

II

Suppressor

Surprisingly good base stats and a strong anti-gun item. Good if you're against a ton of fire rate characters.

III

Superior Cooldown

More abilities, more damage, more often.

IV

Active

Curse

Shut down a single target.

IV

Transcendent Cooldown

We have four actives so this gives us a ton of value.