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Destruction Warlock

  • 2v2
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 5 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Destruction Warlock on the 2v2 leaderboard. The data on this page is updated every 24 hours in order for the data to be as relevant as possible.

This page only shows what the best players in the world are using. This might not apply to every skill bracket in Mythic+. Use this page as the starting point of your journey, and don’t be afraid to stray away from what is presented on this page!

Players

Voidchaos

Voidchaos

<Unprotected Hex>Whisperwind (us)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Rain of Fire
Havoc
Reverse Entropy
Grimoire of Sacrifice
Soul Fire

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Xcva

Xcva

<THE MOVE>Tichondrius (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Rain of Fire
Havoc
Reverse Entropy
Crashing Chaos
Summoner's Embrace
Soul Fire

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Anihli

Anihli

Argent Dawn (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Rain of Fire
Mayhem
Reverse Entropy
Rain of Chaos
Summoner's Embrace
Soul Fire

Talents (hero)

Annihilan's Bellow
Cruelty of Kerxan
Infernal Vitality

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts

Stat Priority

Values are relative to the highest stat. The stat priority for a Destruction Warlock is
Versatility > Haste > Mastery > Critical Strike

Best Races

The best race for a Destruction Warlock for the Alliance is Void Elf and for the Horde is Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

86% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 176 primary stat for 20 sec.

8% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Galactic Gladiator's Medallion

Use: Removes all movement impairing effects and all effects which cause loss of control of your character. (2 Min Cooldown)

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Gladiator's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 244 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

2% of the best players use this combination
Vaelgor's Final Stare

Vaelgor's Final Stare

Use: Seize the eye's draconic power, granting you 1,413 Mastery diminishing over 15 sec and allowing you to see hidden enemies. (1 Min 30 Sec Cooldown)

Gaze of the Alnseer

Gaze of the Alnseer

Equip: Your damage and healing has a chance to grant you Alnsight for 12 sec. While active, casting spells and abilities manifests unstable Alnscorned and consumes their essence to grant you 37 Intellect for 12 sec. Multiple applications may overlap.

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Destruction Warlock is Flawless Quick Lapis
Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

52%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

22%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

17%

+23 Primary Stat and opponent's failed interrupt attempts grant Precognition

Best Embellishments

Embellishments are specific abilities that can be added onto a piece of gear or weapons to add an equip bonus. The most popular embellishment for a Destruction Warlock is Arcanoweave Lining on a Feet item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

110%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to draw in a mana wyrm that will empower you and an ally with Arcanoweave Insight, increasing your Intellect by 29 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Feet35%
  • Head18%
  • Waist18%
  • Wrist15%
  • Back13%
  • Shoulders2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

46%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,475 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet35%
  • Wrist22%
  • Head17%
  • Waist17%
  • Chest4%
  • Back4%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

20%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,142 Arcane damage every second for 4 sec. Each unique gem color you have socketed empowers the Iris, causing it to deal 1% additional damage per.

  • Ring 160%
  • Ring 230%
  • Neck10%

Best Enchants

Percentages are calculated in relation to 50 players. If an enchant has a value of more than 100%, it means the enchant is found more than 50 times. This usually happens when the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

6%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

96%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

90%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

2%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

8%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

96%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

82%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

10%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

84%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

70%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Talents

The new talent system is not as straight-forward as the talent systems from previous expansions. Many talents are situational, and choosing your talents should be done based on the content you are doing. This heat map will show what talents are must-picks, which ones are situational, and which ones are rarely chosen.

Colors

The colors indicate the popularity of the talent. The numbers below indicate the percentage of the top 50 players that have chosen this talent.

  • 90% - 100% (best)
  • 50% - 89% (good)
  • 20% - 49% (situational)
  • 0% - 19% (unpopular)

Talent Tree

Talent Tree Background
Fel Domination
98%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
12%
Fel Pact
12%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
10%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
84%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
20%
Infernal Beneficiary
74%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
90%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
84%
Empowered Healthstone
92%
Abyss Walker
98%
Fortified Soul
90%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
78%
Gorefiend's Avarice
34%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
26%
Demonic Resilience
94%
Empowered Drain Life
6%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
10%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
98%
Fel Synergy
64%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
92%
Pact of Gluttony
98%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Tongues
4%

Hellcaller

Hero class image
Curse of the Satyr
100%
Seeds of Their Demise
100%
Mark of Xavius
100%
Zevrim's Resilience
100%
Blackened Soul
100%
Wither
100%
Malevolence
100%
Mark of Peroth'arn
100%
Xalan's Cruelty
100%
Xalan's Ferocity
100%
Bleakheart Tactics
100%
Alzzin's Iniquity
100%
Devil Fruit
100%
Through the Felvine
100%
Chaos Bolt
100%
Conflagrate
100%
Rain of Fire
100%
Improved Conflagrate
36%
Backdraft
100%
Practiced Chaos
68%
Roaring Blaze
98%
Explosive Potential
98%
Havoc
100%
Scalding Flames
98%
Shadowburn
88%
Backlash
98%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
60%
Ashen Remains
100%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
4%
Fiendish Cruelty
46%
Chaotic Inferno
98%
Flashpoint
80%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
100%
Fire and Brimstone
2%
Lake of Fire
2%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
50%
Summoner's Embrace
98%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
4%
Devastation
60%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
96%
Chaos Incarnate
100%
Conflagration of Chaos
88%
Diabolic Embers
6%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
90%
Inferno
98%
Alythess's Ire
0%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
100%

Best PvP Talents

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

86%

Chaos Bolt creates a 5 yd wide eruption of Felfire under the target, reducing movement speed by 50% and reducing all healing received by 25% on all enemies within the fissure. Lasts 6 sec.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

64%

Surrounds the caster with a shield that lasts 3 sec, reflecting all harmful spells cast on you.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

64%

Taking direct Physical damage reduces the cooldown of Demonic Circle by 3 sec. Cannot occur more than once every 5 sec.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

60%

Increases the range of your Demonic Gateway by 20 yards, and reduces the cast time by 30%. Reduces the time between how often players can take your Demonic Gateway by 30 sec.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

20%

Fracture the soul of up to 3 target players within 20 yds into the shadows, reducing their damage done by 25% and healing received by 25% for 8 sec. Souls are fractured up to 20 yds from the player's location. Players can retrieve their souls to remove this effect.

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

6%

Conjure a Shadow Rift at the target location lasting 2 sec. Enemy players within the rift when it expires are teleported to your Demonic Circle. Must be within 40 yds of your Demonic Circle to cast.