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Destruction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 21 hours ago

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

Gødløck

Gødløck

<twitch tv dafreshgod>Moon Guard (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

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
Soul Rip
Xtiner

Xtiner

<Gods Hand>Kel'Thuzad (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

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
Avogeiñ

Avogeiñ

<WoûkZîeû>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (spec)

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

Talents (hero)

Soul-Etched Circles
Infernal Machine
Infernal Vitality

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
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

Best Races

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

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

74% 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.

8% 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 Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Galactic Aspirant's Insignia of Alacrity

Equip: Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant 134 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)

Best Sockets

Values are based on the total amount of sockets of all players. The most popular socket for a Destruction Warlock is Flawless Versatile Peridot
Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

20%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

20%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

17%

+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

64%

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.

  • Feet31%
  • Wrist25%
  • Waist25%
  • Head9%
  • Back6%
  • Chest3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

54%

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 148%
  • Ring 241%
  • Neck11%
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

44%

Equip: Your damaging spells and abilities can cause you to heed the whispers and fire a Devouring Bolt at your target, dealing 1,463 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet45%
  • Wrist36%
  • Waist9%
  • Main Hand5%
  • Back5%

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

78%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

8%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

68%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

4%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

4%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

92%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 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

16%

Enchant Weapon - Arcane Mastery

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

100%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Tenacity

30%

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
74%
Soul Leech
94%
Burning Rush
48%
Fel Pact
4%
Demon Skin
94%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
94%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
40%
Demonic Embrace
94%
Nightmare
82%
Demonic Fortitude
94%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
94%
Curse of Tongues
18%
Infernal Beneficiary
28%
Mortal Coil
94%
Pact of the Annihilan
94%
Demonic Circle
94%
Pact of the Satyr
94%
Improved Mortal Coil
86%
Dark Pact
94%
Foul Mouth
80%
Empowered Healthstone
90%
Abyss Walker
82%
Fortified Soul
84%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
58%
Gorefiend's Avarice
26%
Frequent Donor
94%
Pact of the Eredar
94%
Pact of the Nathrezim
42%
Demonic Resilience
80%
Empowered Drain Life
20%
Strength of Will
94%
Demonic Gateway
94%
Shadowfury
94%
Swift Artifice
4%
Soul Link
92%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
90%
Fel Synergy
68%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
82%
Pact of Gluttony
84%
Soulburn
92%
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
94%
Conflagrate
94%
Rain of Fire
94%
Improved Conflagrate
56%
Backdraft
94%
Practiced Chaos
80%
Roaring Blaze
92%
Explosive Potential
88%
Havoc
94%
Scalding Flames
92%
Shadowburn
70%
Backlash
92%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
36%
Ashen Remains
92%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
12%
Fiendish Cruelty
42%
Chaotic Inferno
94%
Flashpoint
80%
Summon Infernal
94%
Emberstorm
90%
Fire and Brimstone
6%
Lake of Fire
2%
Reverse Entropy
94%
Crashing Chaos
84%
Summoner's Embrace
88%
Ruin
94%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
94%
Destructive Rapidity
4%
Devastation
52%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
88%
Chaos Incarnate
90%
Conflagration of Chaos
74%
Diabolic Embers
6%
Demonfire Infusion
0%
Avatar of Destruction
86%
Inferno
82%
Alythess's Ire
0%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
268%

Best PvP Talents

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.

Nether Ward

Nether Ward

72%

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

Shadow Rift

Shadow Rift

52%

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.

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

40%

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.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

20%

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

Bane of Havoc

Bane of Havoc

16%

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.

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.