Sustained Caster

Procs on your next ability cast every few seconds, adding a burst of spirit damage to whichever ability you cast first. On Pocket this most commonly fires on the Satchel throw, turning the opening hit into a two-hit combo.

Slows targets hit by abilities — critical for landing Pocket's follow-up damage after the initial Satchel hit. A slowed enemy cannot dodge Barrage and stays in Affliction range.

The first CDR purchase in this build's core cycle. Pocket's power comes entirely from ability uptime — Compress Cooldown starts reducing Cloak and Satchel cooldowns so engages can happen more frequently.

Widens the AoE on Pocket's Barrage and Satchel explosion radius. The wider the blast, the more reliable the damage lands on mobile enemies trying to escape the initial hit.

Stacks with Compress Cooldown for dramatically reduced ability cooldowns. At this tier, Cloak cycles fast enough that Pocket can effectively chain multiple engages across a single teamfight.

Reduces an enemy's spirit damage output when your abilities hit them. Pocket frequently duels spirit-heavy heroes who try to out-burst him — Suppressor gives Pocket the advantage in those matchups.

Further increases Pocket's AoE radius at a tier where teamfights matter more. Barrage hitting the full enemy team with a wider blast is a genuine teamfight presence.

Reduces the bonus health of the target when you deal ability damage. In late game where every enemy has several hundred bonus health, Tankbuster makes Pocket's spirit damage cut through tanky frontlines.

Raw spirit power that scales Affliction's DoT damage and Satchel's burst. This feeds directly into Boundless Spirit — every point of spirit power at this stage compounds into bigger late-game damage numbers.

Pocket's most important late survival tool. When burst CCs comes in after a Cloak dive, Shift out into the invulnerable void, let Affliction tick, re-enter with the spirit resist buff and continue the fight.

The final CDR tier — combined with Superior Cooldown, Pocket's Cloak and Satchel approach minimal cooldowns. Every few seconds a new ability cycle is ready.

Converts spirit damage to a percentage of the target's max health. In the late game where enemies have 1000+ bonus health, Spirit Burn makes Affliction's damage scale directly with how tanky the enemy built.

AoE freeze to lock enemies in place for the full Barrage and Affliction combo. At this stage in the game, one Arctic Blast at the start of a fight clusters enemies for maximum AoE damage.

The core spirit power item — at T4, spirit scaling across all of Pocket's abilities reaches critical mass. Affliction's DoT becomes enormous, Satchel one-shots squishies, and lifesteal heals Pocket through sustained brawls.