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Destruction Warlock

  • Battleground Blitz
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 13 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

Dean

Dean

Demon Soul (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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<Не Надо Паники>Gordunni (eu)

Talents (Class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (Specialization)

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

Talents (Hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (PvP)

Fel Fissure
Nether Ward
Shadow Rift
Harelio

Harelio

Sanguino (eu)

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)

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

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

66% 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)

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 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.

6% 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 Amethyst
Flawless Quick Amethyst

Flawless Quick Amethyst

26%

+16 Mastery & +7 Haste

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

21%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

19%

+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 Wrist item
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

60%

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 36 and your ally's Primary Stat by 9.

  • Wrist34%
  • Back26%
  • Feet22%
  • Waist17%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

12%

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.

  • Waist40%
  • Back30%
  • Wrist20%
  • Feet10%
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 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 244%
  • Neck33%
  • Ring 122%

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

4%
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

88%

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

80%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

2%

Enchant Boots - Lynx's Dexterity

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

80%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Bright Linen Spellthread

4%

+24 Intellect

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

64%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

26%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

56%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Eyes of the Eagle

48%

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
86%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
74%
Fel Pact
2%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
72%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
90%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
14%
Infernal Beneficiary
34%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
92%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
80%
Empowered Healthstone
88%
Abyss Walker
80%
Fortified Soul
98%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
64%
Gorefiend's Avarice
14%
Frequent Donor
100%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
30%
Demonic Resilience
94%
Empowered Drain Life
12%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Howl of Terror
100%
Swift Artifice
10%
Soul Link
98%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
98%
Fel Synergy
52%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
90%
Pact of Gluttony
94%
Soulburn
100%
Blight of Tongues
10%

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
52%
Backdraft
100%
Practiced Chaos
84%
Roaring Blaze
94%
Explosive Potential
98%
Mayhem
100%
Scalding Flames
98%
Shadowburn
74%
Backlash
98%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
36%
Ashen Remains
100%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
2%
Fiendish Cruelty
36%
Chaotic Inferno
100%
Flashpoint
88%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
100%
Fire and Brimstone
16%
Lake of Fire
0%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
76%
Summoner's Embrace
96%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
2%
Devastation
60%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
94%
Chaos Incarnate
100%
Conflagration of Chaos
62%
Diabolic Embers
8%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
88%
Inferno
100%
Alythess's Ire
0%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
100%
4 / 4

Most Used PvP Talents

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

88%

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

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

72%

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

64%

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

38%

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

22%

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

8%

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

4%

Curses the ground with a demonic bane, causing all of your single target spells to also strike targets marked with the bane for 50% of the damage dealt. Lasts 10 sec.

Bloodstones

Bloodstones

4%

Your Healthstones are replaced with Bloodstones which increase their user's haste by 20% for 12 sec instead of healing.