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Destruction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 50 players
  • Last Updated: 18 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

Contägion

Contägion

<Gallywix Dive Team>Bleeding Hollow (us)

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)

Fel Fissure
Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Avogeiñ

Avogeiñ

<WoûkZîeû>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Ichor of Devils
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)

Nether Ward
Gateway Mastery
Shadow Rift
Qùíck

Qùíck

<rbgs and rhino pills>Destromath (us)

Talents (class)

Frequent Donor
Dark Accord
Shadowfury

Talents (spec)

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

Talents (hero)

Curse of the Satyr
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Bane of Havoc
Shadow Rift
Soul Rip

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 Blood Elf

Best Items

Trinket Combinations

46% 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 206 primary stat for 20 sec.

22% 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)

7% 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)

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

19%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Cognitive Heliotrope

Cognitive Heliotrope

19%

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

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

18%

+16 Versatility & +7 Haste

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 Devouring Banding on a Wrist item
Devouring Banding

Devouring Banding

53%

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.

  • Wrist35%
  • Feet26%
  • Waist16%
  • Back10%
  • Head10%
  • Main Hand3%
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

53%

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 155%
  • Ring 239%
  • Neck6%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

36%

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.

  • Feet52%
  • Wrist24%
  • Head14%
  • Waist10%

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.
Chest icon

Chest

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

56%

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

46%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

3%

Enchant Boots - Shaladrassil's Roots

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

68%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Bright Linen Spellthread

5%

+24 Intellect

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

44%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

17%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

88%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

32%

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

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
84.7%
Soul Leech
98.3%
Burning Rush
50.8%
Fel Pact
6.8%
Demon Skin
98.3%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
98.3%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
42.4%
Demonic Embrace
98.3%
Nightmare
83.1%
Demonic Fortitude
98.3%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
98.3%
Curse of Tongues
28.8%
Infernal Beneficiary
35.6%
Mortal Coil
98.3%
Pact of the Annihilan
98.3%
Demonic Circle
98.3%
Pact of the Satyr
98.3%
Improved Mortal Coil
88.1%
Dark Pact
98.3%
Foul Mouth
74.6%
Empowered Healthstone
89.8%
Abyss Walker
84.7%
Fortified Soul
83.1%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
64.4%
Gorefiend's Avarice
28.8%
Frequent Donor
98.3%
Pact of the Eredar
98.3%
Pact of the Nathrezim
39%
Demonic Resilience
88.1%
Empowered Drain Life
20.3%
Strength of Will
98.3%
Demonic Gateway
98.3%
Shadowfury
98.3%
Swift Artifice
16.9%
Soul Link
94.9%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
94.9%
Fel Synergy
61%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
86.4%
Pact of Gluttony
89.8%
Soulburn
96.6%
Blight of Tongues
6.8%

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
98.3%
Conflagrate
98.3%
Rain of Fire
98.3%
Improved Conflagrate
47.5%
Backdraft
98.3%
Practiced Chaos
86.4%
Roaring Blaze
93.2%
Explosive Potential
93.2%
Havoc
98.3%
Scalding Flames
96.6%
Shadowburn
74.6%
Backlash
96.6%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
49.2%
Ashen Remains
96.6%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
11.9%
Fiendish Cruelty
40.7%
Chaotic Inferno
98.3%
Flashpoint
88.1%
Summon Infernal
98.3%
Emberstorm
94.9%
Fire and Brimstone
6.8%
Lake of Fire
1.7%
Reverse Entropy
98.3%
Crashing Chaos
88.1%
Summoner's Embrace
93.2%
Ruin
98.3%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
98.3%
Destructive Rapidity
3.4%
Devastation
50.8%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
93.2%
Chaos Incarnate
94.9%
Conflagration of Chaos
66.1%
Diabolic Embers
6.8%
Demonfire Infusion
1.7%
Avatar of Destruction
91.5%
Inferno
89.8%
Alythess's Ire
1.7%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
281.4%

Best PvP Talents

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

73%

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

64%

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

Gateway Mastery

Gateway Mastery

51%

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

51%

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.

Bane of Havoc

Bane of Havoc

19%

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

19%

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.

Impish Instincts

Impish Instincts

19%

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