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Destruction Warlock

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 3 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

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
Nozomx

Nozomx

<dgb>Stormrage (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

Rain of Fire
Havoc
Reverse Entropy
Crashing Chaos
Grimoire of Sacrifice
Soul Fire

Talents (hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Soul Rip
Taurenbolts

Taurenbolts

Drak'thul (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

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

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
Impish Instincts
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 Orc

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

57% 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.

18% of the best players use this combination
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.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

17% of the best players use this combination
Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 primary stat for 20 sec.

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

Galactic Aspirant's Medallion

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

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

42%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

29%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

19%

+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 Devouring Banding on a Feet item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

105%

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.

  • Feet44%
  • Wrist37%
  • Head10%
  • Waist8%
  • Back2%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

75%

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.

  • Feet31%
  • Wrist31%
  • Back24%
  • Head9%
  • Waist2%
  • Hands2%
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 250%
  • Ring 133%
  • Neck17%

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

5%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

93%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

2%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

58%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

7%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

92%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

2%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

75%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

17%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

80%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

57%

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
91.7%
Soul Leech
93.3%
Burning Rush
10%
Fel Pact
5%
Demon Skin
93.3%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
93.3%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
6.7%
Demonic Embrace
93.3%
Nightmare
68.3%
Demonic Fortitude
93.3%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
93.3%
Curse of Tongues
30%
Infernal Beneficiary
58.3%
Mortal Coil
93.3%
Pact of the Annihilan
93.3%
Demonic Circle
93.3%
Pact of the Satyr
93.3%
Improved Mortal Coil
81.7%
Dark Pact
93.3%
Foul Mouth
76.7%
Empowered Healthstone
80%
Abyss Walker
88.3%
Fortified Soul
85%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
75%
Gorefiend's Avarice
21.7%
Frequent Donor
93.3%
Pact of the Eredar
93.3%
Pact of the Nathrezim
21.7%
Demonic Resilience
86.7%
Empowered Drain Life
6.7%
Strength of Will
93.3%
Demonic Gateway
93.3%
Howl of Terror
91.7%
Swift Artifice
8.3%
Soul Link
93.3%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
91.7%
Fel Synergy
70%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
85%
Pact of Gluttony
93.3%
Soulburn
93.3%
Blight of Tongues
8.3%

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
93.3%
Conflagrate
93.3%
Rain of Fire
93.3%
Improved Conflagrate
38.3%
Backdraft
93.3%
Practiced Chaos
65%
Roaring Blaze
88.3%
Explosive Potential
86.7%
Havoc
93.3%
Scalding Flames
93.3%
Shadowburn
70%
Backlash
93.3%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
31.7%
Ashen Remains
93.3%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
1.7%
Fiendish Cruelty
48.3%
Chaotic Inferno
91.7%
Flashpoint
80%
Summon Infernal
93.3%
Emberstorm
93.3%
Fire and Brimstone
5%
Lake of Fire
0%
Reverse Entropy
93.3%
Crashing Chaos
61.7%
Summoner's Embrace
91.7%
Ruin
93.3%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
93.3%
Destructive Rapidity
3.3%
Devastation
51.7%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
91.7%
Chaos Incarnate
90%
Conflagration of Chaos
70%
Diabolic Embers
15%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
90%
Inferno
90%
Alythess's Ire
1.7%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
280%

Best PvP Talents

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

80%

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

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

58%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

53%

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.

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

48%

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

33%

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.