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Destruction Warlock

  • Battleground Blitz
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 23 hours ago

See what 50 high-rated Battleground Blitz 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

Kill

Kill

Barthilas (us)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

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
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Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (Specialization)

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

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Impish Instincts
Coulozx

Coulozx

Sargeras (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)

Curse of the Satyr
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

Most Used Races

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

Most Used Items

Trinket Combinations

32% 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)

18% of the best players use this combination
Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

Venomous Gladiator's Medallion

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

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Venomous Gladiator's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 314 primary stat for 20 sec.

14% 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 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.

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 Amethyst
Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

24%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

18%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

16%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

80%

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 44 and your ally's Primary Stat by 11.

  • Wrist42%
  • Feet25%
  • Back24%
  • Waist9%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

16%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 2,674 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Back38%
  • Waist31%
  • Wrist15%
  • Feet15%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

8%

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 160%
  • Ring 220%
  • Neck20%

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.
Back icon

Back

Goblin Glider

14%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

100%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

82%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

14%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

98%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

62%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

24%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

80%

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

58%

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 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
92%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
70%
Fel Pact
10%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
68%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
92%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
2%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
6%
Infernal Beneficiary
50%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
96%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
80%
Empowered Healthstone
90%
Abyss Walker
74%
Fortified Soul
86%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
72%
Gorefiend's Avarice
26%
Frequent Donor
96%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
26%
Demonic Resilience
90%
Empowered Drain Life
8%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
6%
Soul Link
100%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
100%
Fel Synergy
44%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
90%
Pact of Gluttony
92%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Weakness
6%

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
34%
Backdraft
100%
Practiced Chaos
74%
Roaring Blaze
92%
Explosive Potential
96%
Havoc
100%
Scalding Flames
96%
Shadowburn
82%
Backlash
100%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
32%
Ashen Remains
100%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
4%
Fiendish Cruelty
50%
Chaotic Inferno
98%
Flashpoint
82%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
100%
Fire and Brimstone
8%
Lake of Fire
0%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
52%
Summoner's Embrace
98%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
0%
Devastation
82%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
94%
Chaos Incarnate
100%
Conflagration of Chaos
84%
Diabolic Embers
4%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
84%
Inferno
100%
Alythess's Ire
0%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

82%

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

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

74%

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.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

52%

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.

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

32%

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

28%

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.

Bonds of Fel

Bonds of Fel

10%

Encircle enemy players with Bonds of Fel. If any affected player leaves the 12 yd radius they explode, dealing 11,024 Fire damage split amongst all nearby enemies.

Bloodstones

Bloodstones

8%

Your Healthstones are replaced with Bloodstones which increase their user's haste by 20% for 18 sec instead of healing.