Introduction to the Destruction Warlock

Destruction Warlock is a very flexible specialisation that can find ways to excel in a variety of environments. Destruction can deal a lot of burst to a single target, and also efficiently cleave and AoE several targets at once.Destruction is a perfectly viable candidate for all content types. A very solid baseline toolkit makes the spec able to perform in any situation with a combination of very powerful cooldowns, one of, if not the strongest, 2-target cleave and the ability to burst on-demand, even outside cooldowns.

Below you will find a beginners guide to the Destruction Warlock, you can click on highlighted abilities, for a more in depth description of them.

Strengths and Weaknesses of the Destruction Warlock

Talents

Level	Choices
15	Flashover ✅	Eradication	Soul Fire
30	Reverse Entropy ✅	Internal Combustion	Shadowburn
45	Demon Skin	Burning Rush ✅	Dark Pact
60	Inferno	Fire and Brimstone	Cataclysm ✅
75	Darkfury	Mortal Coil	Demonic Circle ✅
90	Roaring Blaze	Grimoire of Supremacy ✅	Grimoire of Sacrifice
100	Soul Conduit	Channel Demonfire	Dark Soul: Instability ✅

Rotation of the Destruction Warlock

The basic rotation of the Destruction Warlock is as follows:

• Maintain  Immolate at all times

• Cast  Chaos Bolt if you are about to cap Soul Shards

• Cast  Cataclysm when available

• Use  Conflagrate if you have 2 charges

• Use  Conflagrate to generate Soul Shards

• Cast  Incinerate to generate Soul Shards

You can use the recommended Addon ConRo for help with your rotation, it can be found in our Addons Guide here

Cooldowns

•  Summon Infernal is our primary damage cooldown. The Infernal is a targeted ability that deals Fire damage and stuns within an AoE.

•  Havoc is a 10-second debuff that can be applied once every 30 seconds. During the duration of Havoc, all your single target spells cast will also be copied to the Havoc target.

• Unending Resolve reduces damage taken by 40% for 8 seconds. Additionally, you are also immune to interrupt and silence effects for the duration.

Stat Priority

The stat priority for the Destruction Warlock is:

1. Mastery = Haste
2. Critical Strike
3. Versatility
4. Intellect

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