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Destruction Warlock

  • 3v3
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 1 hour ago

See what 50 high-rated 3v3 characters are using, based on PvPLeaderboard’s EU and US rankings.

Where these stats come from

Starting at the top of the rankings, we work down until we have everything we need for 50 characters.

A character is ignored if their Battle.net profile is missing or incomplete, if they aren’t max level, or if their talents don’t fit the current talent tree.

Use this as a starting point, then adjust your setup for your bracket, comp, rating, and matchup.

Sources: PvPLeaderboard; Battle.net

Players

Mercetwo

Mercetwo

<Enterprising LLC>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury
1265799

Talents (Specialization)

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
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Infý

Infý

<Victim Specs>Ravencrest (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

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

Talents (Hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Impish Instincts
Soul Rip
Youknów

Youknów

Area 52 (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

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

Talents (Hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

70% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

12% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 198 primary stat for 20 sec.

10% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 270 primary stat for 20 sec.

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

Venomous Aspirant's Medallion

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

Most Used 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

32%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

28%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

22%

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

Most Used 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 Back item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

94%

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 45 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Back35%
  • Wrist32%
  • Feet29%
  • Head2%
  • Waist2%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

4%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,685 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet50%
  • Wrist50%
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 2,186 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 2100%

Most Used Enchants

Percentages use the 50 characters in this dataset. A value above 100% means the enchant appears more than 50 times, usually because the same enchant is applied to both rings.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

100%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

74%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

2%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

100%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

84%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Rite of the Hash'ey

12%

Rite of the Hash'ey

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

70%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

64%

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 talent popularity. The percentages show how many of the 50 characters in this dataset selected each 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
0%
Fel Pact
6%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
0%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
98%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
18%
Infernal Beneficiary
94%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
98%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
76%
Empowered Healthstone
96%
Abyss Walker
96%
Fortified Soul
92%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
100%
Gorefiend's Avarice
20%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
12%
Demonic Resilience
100%
Empowered Drain Life
2%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
4%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
100%
Fel Synergy
62%
1 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
100%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Weakness
2%

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
40%
Backdraft
100%
Practiced Chaos
80%
Roaring Blaze
56%
Explosive Potential
98%
Havoc
100%
Scalding Flames
100%
Shadowburn
96%
Backlash
100%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
20%
Ashen Remains
100%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
2%
Fiendish Cruelty
78%
Chaotic Inferno
100%
Flashpoint
98%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
100%
Fire and Brimstone
0%
Lake of Fire
0%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
30%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
0%
Devastation
84%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
100%
Chaos Incarnate
100%
Conflagration of Chaos
88%
Diabolic Embers
2%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
78%
Inferno
100%
Alythess's Ire
0%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

94%

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

66%

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

66%

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

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

38%

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

36%

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.