Destruction Warlock DPS Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

Dernière mise à jour Voir le journal des changements

En bref

Table des matières

Navigation dans le guide

leveling tips

This guide is written and maintained by Loozy who plays a Warlock in the guild FatSharkYes on Kazzak EU. I began playing Warlock during Siege of Orgrimmar and have been raiding actively ever since. I became involved in guide writing during Legion where I took part in starting the website Lock One Stop Shop a website by Warlocks for Warlocks.

Best Destruction Warlock Covenant
Choosing a covenant when playing a Destruction Warlock will depend heavily on a few things; what type of content you're doing and how much you play the other two specs. All-round, Night Fae has been the #1 choice so far. This is both due to the strength of the soulbind tree as well as the Forme d’âme ability. Another big plus is it allows you to also play both the other specs very freely, only limited by your conduit energy. For Destruction specifically, both Necrolord and Kyrian are also very viable, but these two options aren't nearly as attractive if you would like to play either Affliction og Demonology. Venthyr is far behind and not a viable option for any content.

Best Raid Covenants
Covenants	Rating	Best Soulbind
Kyrian	Decent	Pelagos
Necrolord	Very strong	Bonesmith Heirmir
Night Fae	Very strong	Niya
Venthyr	Bad	Nadija the Mistblade

Best Dungeon Covenants
Covenants	Rating	Best Soulbind
Kyrian	Very strong	Pelagos
Necrolord	Decent	Bonesmith Heirmir
Night Fae	Very strong	Niya
Venthyr	Decent	Nadija the Mistblade

Best Destruction Warlock Covenant

Kyrian Destruction Warlock GuideNecrolord Destruction Warlock Guide

Night Fae Destruction Warlock GuideVenthyr Destruction Warlock Guide

Best Destruction Warlock Legendaries

Braises des Azj’Aqir

Available Slots: Legs & Back
Crafting Preference: Legs > Back
Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery

The strongest option for Destruction. This is due to the increased amount of Conflagration casts. If combined with Brasier rugissant this can be strong both on single and 2 targets. Raids usually consist both of single-target and cleave, perfect for this bonus.

Sceau d’invocation supérieure de Wilfred

Available Slots: Wrist & Finger
Crafting Preference: Wrist > Finger
Secondaries to use: Haste/Mastery

This effect can actually also be very strong on fights where you're able to get more Invocation : infernal due to a high amount of Soul Shards spent. This can be ideal for a fight such as the Stone Legion Generals in Castle Nathria where you constantly have more adds spawn, allowing you to generate and spend more shards.

Destruction Warlock Legendaries Guide

Destruction Warlock Talents

Single Target

Notes
This setup offers you solid Single Target damage while still being able to cleave. Especially with Brasier rugissant also being applied through Tumulte.
This setup is even stronger with the Braises des Azj’Aqir Legendary bonus. More Conflagration casts means more Retour de flamme stacks through Feu soudain and more uptime on Brasier rugissant.

AoE

Notes
If there are enough targets, you can swap out Feu et soufre for Inferno.
This setup revolves around your Invocation : infernal cooldown and proccing as many extra infernals through Pluie du chaos as you can.
This setup is even stronger when paired with the Sceau d’invocation supérieure de Wilfred Legendary bonus. This allows you to reduce the cooldown of your Invocation : infernal significantly.
Alternatively, if you need more on-demand burst, you can swap out Conducteur d’âme for Âme sombre : Instabilité.

Destruction Warlock Talents Guide

Destruction Warlock Stats

Unlike previous expansions, primary stats such as Intellect are much more important than they used to be, and secondary stats are close enough together that item level is usually more important factor when it comes to choosing gear. You can find out more about how stats work, including sample stat weights and scaling plots in the Stats Guide, or get an overview of the best-in-slot gear to look for from dungeons and raids in the Destruction Warlock Gear Guide.

Intellect > Haste > Mastery > Crit > Versatility

Intellect: Increases all damage done by abilities.
Critical Strike: Chance for extra effectiveness on attacks and heals.
Haste: Increases attack speed and spell casting speed.
Mastery: Your spells deal 8% additional damage, up to X%. Damage you take is reduced by 4%, up to X%.
Versatility: Versatility: Increases damage and reduces damage taken by half.

Destruction Warlock Stats Guide

Destruction Warlock Enchants and Consumables

Ring - Enchantement d’anneau (Doctrine de Hâte)
Weapon - Enchantement d’arme (Direction céleste)
Chest - Enchantement de plastron (Caractéristiques éternelles)
Cloak - Enchantement de cape (Vitalité d’âme) or Enchantement de cape (Vitesse augmentée)
Wrists - Enchantement de brassards (Intelligence éternelle)
Feet Bottines de l’âme

Destruction Warlock Consumables Guide

Destruction Warlock Rotation

This is a very simplified rotation for Destruction Warlock, using the talents recommended above. You can find more detailed information on cooldown usage and situational playstyle in the Destruction Warlock Rotation Guide

Always maintain Immolation
Make sure you keep Conflagration on cooldown at all times
Spend Soul Shards on Trait du chaos, make sure you use your Retour de flamme stacks on this as well.
Fill with Incinérer.
If a secondary target is present, make sure you apply Tumulte on cooldown.

Destruction Warlock Rotation Guide

Back to Top

Our Destruction Warlock guides are always updated with the latest information from in-game experience, simulations, and logs; make sure to check our changelog to this page, by clicking on View Changelog at the top of the page. If you are interested in more in-depth Destruction Warlock guides for , make sure to browse the Navigation Bar below, and our list of Related Guides just beneath the Table of Contents.

Would you like to quickly find this guide using Discord? You can do it easily using Jeeves Bot! Click here to add Jeeves to your Discord server.

Previous Page:
Overview

Feedback

Thanks for reading our class guides! If you have any feedback about the guides, feel free to leave a comment in the section below and we will reply as quickly as possible. If you'd like to talk with any of our writers directly you can do so by joining our Discord Server and finding them there!