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Destruction Warlock

  • Rated Battlegrounds
  • 60 players
  • Last Updated: 2 days 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

Магшляпник

Магшляпник

<podval>Gordunni (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Howl of Terror

Talents (spec)

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
Impish Instincts
Soul Rip
Avogeiñ

Avogeiñ

<WoûkZîeû>Tarren Mill (eu)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
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
Matilais

Matilais

<Fedaykin>Ragnaros (us)

Talents (class)

Nightmare
Ichor of Devils
Strength of Will
Shadowfury

Talents (spec)

Rain of Fire
Havoc
Reverse Entropy
Crashing Chaos
Grimoire of Sacrifice
Soul Fire

Talents (hero)

Aura of Enfeeblement
Bleakheart Tactics
Zevrim's Resilience

Talents (pvp)

Fel Fissure
Nether Ward
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

62% 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)

13% of the best players use this combination
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)

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Galactic Aspirant's Badge of Ferocity

Use: Increases primary stat by 159 for 15 sec. (1 Min Cooldown)

7% 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.

Best Sockets

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

Cognitive Heliotrope

20%

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

Flawless Versatile Peridot

Flawless Versatile Peridot

14%

+16 Haste & +7 Versatility

Flawless Quick Lapis

Flawless Quick Lapis

13%

+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 Prismatic Focusing Iris on a Ring 1 item
Prismatic Focusing Iris

Prismatic Focusing Iris

55%

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 239%
  • Neck12%
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 1,450 Cosmic damage. This bolt devours their strength, seizing 91 of your highest secondary stat for you for 10 sec.

  • Feet38%
  • Wrist31%
  • Waist16%
  • Head9%
  • Main Hand3%
  • Back3%
Arcanoweave Lining

Arcanoweave Lining

22%

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 21 and your ally's Primary Stat by 5.

  • Feet46%
  • Head23%
  • Wrist23%
  • Waist8%

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

55%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

5%

Enchant Chest - Mark of the Magister

Feet icon

Feet

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

35%

Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Hands icon

Hands

Heavy Knothide Armor Kit

2%

+3 Stamina

Legs icon

Legs

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

55%

+41 Intellect & +115 Stamina

Sunfire Silk Spellthread

5%

+32 Intellect & +70 Stamina

Main Hand icon

Main Hand

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

43%

Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

18%

Enchant Weapon - Berserker's Rage

Ring icon

Ring

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

75%

Enchant Ring - Silvermoon's Alacrity

Enchant Ring - Thalassian Haste

25%

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
76.7%
Soul Leech
100%
Burning Rush
55%
Fel Pact
8.3%
Demon Skin
100%
2 / 2
Fel Armor
100%
2 / 2
Fiendish Stride
50%
Demonic Embrace
100%
Nightmare
80%
Demonic Fortitude
100%
Banish
0%
Curse of Exhaustion
100%
Curse of Tongues
31.7%
Infernal Beneficiary
31.7%
Mortal Coil
100%
Pact of the Annihilan
100%
Demonic Circle
100%
Pact of the Satyr
100%
Improved Mortal Coil
86.7%
Dark Pact
100%
Foul Mouth
85%
Empowered Healthstone
95%
Abyss Walker
88.3%
Fortified Soul
85%
Teachings of the Black Harvest
58.3%
Gorefiend's Avarice
25%
Frequent Donor
98.3%
Pact of the Eredar
100%
Pact of the Nathrezim
50%
Demonic Resilience
83.3%
Empowered Drain Life
18.3%
Strength of Will
100%
Demonic Gateway
100%
Shadowfury
100%
Swift Artifice
16.7%
Soul Link
93.3%
2 / 2
Frequent Traveler
95%
Fel Synergy
65%
2 / 2
Oppressive Darkness
86.7%
Pact of Gluttony
88.3%
Soulburn
98.3%
Blight of Tongues
13.3%

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
48.3%
Backdraft
100%
Practiced Chaos
93.3%
Roaring Blaze
93.3%
Explosive Potential
93.3%
Havoc
98.3%
Scalding Flames
96.7%
Shadowburn
76.7%
Backlash
95%
2 / 2
Improved Havoc
48.3%
Ashen Remains
96.7%
2 / 2
Cataclysm
21.7%
Fiendish Cruelty
50%
Chaotic Inferno
96.7%
Flashpoint
86.7%
Summon Infernal
100%
Emberstorm
91.7%
Fire and Brimstone
8.3%
Lake of Fire
6.7%
Reverse Entropy
100%
Crashing Chaos
85%
Grimoire of Sacrifice
98.3%
Ruin
100%
2 / 2
Improved Chaos Bolt
100%
Destructive Rapidity
6.7%
Devastation
53.3%
2 / 2
Soul Fire
91.7%
Chaos Incarnate
93.3%
Conflagration of Chaos
61.7%
Diabolic Embers
10%
Demonfire Infusion
3.3%
Avatar of Destruction
90%
Inferno
100%
Alythess's Ire
1.7%
Raging Demonfire
0%
Embers of Nihilam
285%

Best PvP Talents

Fel Fissure

Fel Fissure

75%

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

70%

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

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

40%

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

25%

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

20%

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

18%

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