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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

Ðémðníc

Ðémðníc

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
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
Mayhem
Reverse Entropy
Crashing Chaos
Grimoire of Sacrifice
Soul Fire

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Shadow Rift

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

90% 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.

4% 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.

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.

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

41%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

33%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

16%

+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

152%

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 28 and your ally's Primary Stat by 7.

  • Feet36%
  • Back20%
  • Head18%
  • Wrist17%
  • Waist8%
  • Legs1%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

36%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,438 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet44%
  • Wrist28%
  • Head17%
  • Waist6%
  • Hands6%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

2%

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to activate the Iris, firing a focused beam of light at your target and dealing 1,165 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 1100%

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

98%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

72%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

8%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

8%

+3 Stamina

Shadowlands Gathering

2%

Shadowlands Gathering

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

86%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

6%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

68%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

66%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

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
100%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
16%
Fel Pact
2%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
14%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
76%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
98%
Curse of Tongues
28%
Infernal Beneficiary
70%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
86%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
86%
Empowered Healthstone
90%
Abyss Walker
88%
Fortified Soul
92%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
84%
Gorefiend's Avarice
32%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
18%
Demonic Resilience
88%
Empowered Drain Life
12%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
96%
Swift Artifice
12%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
94%
Fel Synergy
70%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
94%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
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
76%
Roaring Blaze
96%
Explosive Potential
80%
Havoc
98%
Scalding Flames
100%
Shadowburn
72%
Backlash
96%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
26%
Ashen Remains
98%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
8%
Fiendish Cruelty
40%
Chaotic Inferno
88%
Flashpoint
86%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
98%
Fire and Brimstone
6%
Lake of Fire
8%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
60%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
8%
Devastation
74%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
94%
Chaos Incarnate
100%
Conflagration of Chaos
88%
Diabolic Embers
14%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
94%
Inferno
98%
Alythess's Ire
4%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
100%

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

72%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

58%

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

54%

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

34%

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.