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Destruction Warlock

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  • 49 players
  • Last Updated: 6 hours ago

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

Gløbaltaunt

Gløbaltaunt

Tichondrius (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)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Shadow Rift
Etqx

Etqx

<Complex>Blackrock (eu)

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)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Shadow Rift
Parnosaurus

Parnosaurus

<GLØBÁL>Burning Legion (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

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

Talents (hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery

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

78% 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.

6% 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)

4% 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)

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

32%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

19%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

65%

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.

  • Wrist31%
  • Feet28%
  • Waist16%
  • Back16%
  • Head9%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

61%

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.

  • Feet30%
  • Wrist30%
  • Waist17%
  • Head13%
  • Back7%
  • Hands3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

22%

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 164%
  • Ring 227%
  • Neck9%

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

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

92%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

4%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

78%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

4%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

94%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

2%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

53%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

27%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

59%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

45%

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
93.9%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
75.5%
Fel Pact
6.1%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
71.4%
Demonic Embrace
98%
Nightmare
87.8%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
12.2%
Infernal Beneficiary
40.8%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
93.9%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
91.8%
Empowered Healthstone
85.7%
Abyss Walker
83.7%
Fortified Soul
93.9%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
59.2%
Gorefiend's Avarice
14.3%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
22.4%
Demonic Resilience
95.9%
Empowered Drain Life
8.2%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
6.1%
Soul Link
98%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
89.8%
Fel Synergy
44.9%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
95.9%
Pact of Gluttony
100%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Weakness
0%

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
42.9%
Backdraft
100%
Practiced Chaos
85.7%
Roaring Blaze
100%
Explosive Potential
95.9%
Mayhem
100%
Scalding Flames
100%
Shadowburn
63.3%
Backlash
98%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
32.7%
Ashen Remains
100%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
4.1%
Fiendish Cruelty
16.3%
Chaotic Inferno
93.9%
Flashpoint
91.8%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
98%
Fire and Brimstone
8.2%
Lake of Fire
2%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
71.4%
Summoner's Embrace
100%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
2%
Devastation
85.7%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
98%
Chaos Incarnate
100%
Conflagration of Chaos
53.1%
Diabolic Embers
4.1%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
98%
Inferno
98%
Alythess's Ire
2%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
100%

Best PvP Talents

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

94%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

73%

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

49%

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.

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

43%

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.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

18%

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

Soul Rip

Soul Rip

14%

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.

Bane of Havoc

Bane of Havoc

8%

Curses the ground with a demonic bane, causing all of your single target spells to also strike targets marked with the bane for 60% of the damage dealt. Lasts 10 sec.