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Destruction Warlock

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 17 hours ago

This page is automatically generated by looking up the top 50 Destruction Warlock on the 3v3 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

Nien

Nien

Skullcrusher (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)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Níretzká

Níretzká

Skullcrusher (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)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Varunex

Varunex

Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

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

Talents (hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
Nether Ward
Soul Rip

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 Highmountain Tauren

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

96% 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.

2% 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)

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Thalassian Competitor's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 156 primary stat for 20 sec.

2% of the best players use this combination
Emberwing Feather

Emberwing Feather

Use: Unleash an Emberwing Heatwave, increasing your Haste by 749 for 15 sec. You have a low chance to suffer an Emberwing Burn, reducing one of your other secondary stats by 232 for 10 sec. (2 Min 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 34 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

45%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

28%

+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

118%

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.

  • Feet39%
  • Head19%
  • Wrist15%
  • Back14%
  • Waist10%
  • Legs2%
  • Shoulders2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

68%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet41%
  • Wrist32%
  • Back9%
  • Waist9%
  • Head9%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

10%

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 220%
  • Neck20%

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

2%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

100%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

84%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

6%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

8%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

100%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

88%

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 - Eyes of the Eagle

72%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

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
80%
Soul Leech
82%
Burning Rush
2%
Fel Pact
4%
Demon Skin
82%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
82%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
2%
Demonic Embrace
82%
Nightmare
72%
Demonic Fortitude
82%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
82%
Curse of Tongues
14%
Infernal Beneficiary
48%
Mortal Coil
82%
Pact of the Annihilan
82%
Demonic Circle
82%
Pact of the Satyr
82%
Improved Mortal Coil
76%
Dark Pact
82%
Foul Mouth
70%
Empowered Healthstone
70%
Abyss Walker
80%
Fortified Soul
70%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
74%
Gorefiend's Avarice
16%
Frequent Donor
82%
Pact of the Eredar
82%
Pact of the Nathrezim
20%
Demonic Resilience
80%
Empowered Drain Life
4%
Strength of Will
82%
Demonic Gateway
82%
Howl of Terror
82%
Swift Artifice
6%
Soul Link
82%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
80%
Fel Synergy
68%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
80%
Pact of Gluttony
82%
Soulburn
82%
Blight of Weakness
0%

Hellcaller

Hero class image
Aura of Enfeeblement
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
82%
Conflagrate
82%
Rain of Fire
82%
Improved Conflagrate
34%
Backdraft
82%
Practiced Chaos
64%
Roaring Blaze
78%
Explosive Potential
64%
Havoc
82%
Scalding Flames
82%
Shadowburn
52%
Backlash
82%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
22%
Ashen Remains
82%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
0%
Fiendish Cruelty
26%
Chaotic Inferno
80%
Flashpoint
70%
Summon Infernal
82%
Emberstorm
82%
Fire and Brimstone
0%
Lake of Fire
0%
Reverse Entropy
82%
Crashing Chaos
58%
Summoner's Embrace
82%
Ruin
82%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
82%
Destructive Rapidity
0%
Devastation
64%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
82%
Chaos Incarnate
82%
Conflagration of Chaos
70%
Diabolic Embers
12%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
78%
Inferno
80%
Alythess's Ire
0%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
244%

Best PvP Talents

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

76%

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

54%

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

48%

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

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

44%

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.

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

22%

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

2%

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.