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Demonology Warlock in Shadowlands - DPS Strengths, Best Covenants, Soulbinds and Legendaries

envoyé 22/11/2020 à 00:33 par Squishei

IntroductionState of Demonology

I am known around these parts of the internet by my in-game name of Not. I have been playing a Warlock since the start of Cataclysm and have not really deviated from it since. Over the years I became more involved in theorycrafting to the point of developing and maintaining a resource dedicated to all Warlocks, Lock One Stop Shop.

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Vengeance Demon Hunter

Demonology Warlock

Restoration Druid

What has Changed for Demonology Warlock?

Lancer de hache now interrupts and stuns all targets, if possible. Increased travel time.

Portail de Néant demons buffed further by 15% attack power and any melee based demons now charge to the enemy.

Trait de l'ombre damage increased by 13%.

Appel des traqueffrois attack power has been increased by 20%. Dreadstalker’s Dreadbite and Dreadlash damage has been reduced by 10%.

Trait de décimation bonus damage for Trait démoniaque reduced to 100-160%, down from 200-400%.

Pourriture d’âme had its health cost removed.

Dîme spoliatrice damage reduced by 20%.

Catastrophe imminente damage reduced by 20%.

Wild Imps duration out of combat increased to 40s.

Noyau ardent de l’araignée torve changed to stack 4 times and have a 15s duration.

likelyTalent builds for for Demonology WarlockhaveNoyau ardent de l’araignée torveSiphon de puissanceTraqueurs carnivoresDans les ombresSceau d’invocation supérieure de WilfredRelique de synergie démoniaqueForces du cauchemar cornuPotentiel implosifLeveling perks

Level 52: Peur - reduces spell pushback, mostly only useful in PvP.

Level 54: Appel des traqueffrois - gives your Dreadstalkers a secondary 'charge' effect when swapping targets.

Level 56: Éclair de feu gangrené - increases the number of casts from 5 to 6.

Level 58: Invocation d’un tyran démoniaque - generates 5 soul shards when Demonic Tyrant is cast.

Covenant abilities for Demonology WarlockKyrianDîme spoliatriceInvocation de régisseurDîme d’âmeNecrolordTrait de décimationChair recomposée

Solvant volatil (Marileth) gives you various buffs based on type of monster you channel Fleshcraft next to.

Forme ultime (Marileth) provides crowd control immunity while you're channeling Fleshcraft.

Montrer l’exemple (Emeni) increases your main stat whenever you channel Fleshcraft.

Chair ambulante d’Éméni (Emeni) allows you to move while channeling Fleshcraft, probably the most powerful of any of these buffs.

Peau sublime d’Éméni (Emeni) increases your max health by 5% for 30s after Fleshcraft is used.

Recomposition des chairs ingénieuse (Heirmir) reduces Fleshcraft cooldown after defeating an enemy.

Décimation fataleNight FaePourriture d’âmeForme d’âmePorte des démonsMangeur d’âmesVenthyrCatastrophe imminentePorte des ombresForme d’âmeOrigine catastrophiquePicking a CovenantoverallonlyBest Soulbinds for Demonology WarlockKyrianMéditation de combatRenoncement au passéMéditation de combatRenoncement au passéFrappes vaillantesCourage exemplaireAppel à l’action de BronMarteau de la genèseNecrolordNight FaeChamp de fleursCocon curatifDemonology Warlock ConduitsPotency Conduits

Conduit

Description

Raid verdict

Mythic+ Verdict

Fruit du sang

While there are some talent builds that revolve around Trait démoniaque and gaining access to more Cœur démoniaque is nice this conduit is simply low on the totem pole of power compared to others available to us.

Decent DPS gain

Traqueurs carnivores

Pairs very nicely with Entaille effroyable and Dans les ombres in AoE situations and is actually a build enabler for Mythic+.

Minor DPS gain

Major DPS gain

Commando gangrené

A strong conduit overall since Felguard tends to be a solid source of our damage output. Should be considered the most well rounded option.

Major DPS gain

Âme du tyran

Having further access to increased demon damage even after your Invocation : tyran démoniaque expires is strong overall and also provides us with a predictable source of another stack of Cœur démoniaque

Decent DPS gain

Dîme d’âme

Having the option/ability to further stack damage onto your demons is a very appealing trait, especially if you ensuring you can line Dîme spoliatrice alongside with Invocation : tyran démoniaque.

Major DPS gain

Moderate DPS gain

Origine catastrophique

Making your curses last longer is not too impactful.

No DPS gain

Décimation fatale

A simple damage amplifier to Trait de décimation, could enable the ability to be a reliable source of target swapping at later ranks.

Moderate DPS gain

Mangeur d’âmes

Increasing the radius of this Pourriture d’âme is not great and the damage increase is fairly small compared to other conduits.

Moderate DPS gain

Finesse Conduits

Conduit

Description

Raid verdict

Mythic+ Verdict

Élan démoniaque

Is not too strong since in most cases using Cercle démoniaque - Téléportation will be enough movement.

Mediocre at best

Célérité corrompue

Easily the most useful Finesse conduit available to us since summoning your pet after a wipe/death while Domination gangrenée is painful.

Very Useful

Ombre de terreur

Mostly useless for all content outside of soloing.

Not useful

Ruse de Kilrogg

Extremely situational and in most cases will be useless outside of flavour. You aren't going to cast this in combat and out of combat you can simply go to where you want your Cercle démoniaque placed.

Not useful

Endurance Conduits

Conduit

Description

Raid verdict

Mythic+ Verdict

Vitalité accrue

Largely only useful for solo content.

Awful

Mildly OK

Pierre de sang diabolique

Largely the most useful Endurance conduit due to healthstones being used often in both situations and having additional healing available to you through Leech is never bad.

Good all rounder

Barrière résolue

Reducing our major source of damage reduction is good but it being locked behind a 30 second cooldown makes it lose some appeal.

Situational

Picking Conduits

Commando gangrené is the best overall conduit available for single target.

Fruit du sang smoothens out the flow of Cœur démoniaque generation and gives you more overall charges for movement, when needed.

Âme du tyran should be interchanged with Borne of Blood for longer burst windows as most times after your Demonic Tyrant has expired you'll be looking at a significant additional uptime of the already extended demons extending your damage window further.

Commando gangrené is still the best overall conduit available for single target.

Fruit du sang smoothens out the flow of Cœur démoniaque generation and gives you more overall charges for movement, when needed, the additional Soul Shard generation it provides is a big boon to your overal Wild Imp count throughout an AoE scenario, leading to more Implosions.

Traqueurs carnivores should be interchanged with Borne of Blood when playing the Dog build, since additional Morsure de l’effroi will provide higher uptime of Dans les ombres.

Demonology Warlock LegendariesGeneral Warlock Legendary Powers

Legendary

Description

Raid verdict

Mythic+ verdict

Griffe d’Endereth

Provides faster and more healing when using Drain de vie.

Never used

Piliers de la Porte des ténèbres

Instant cast Porte des démons and allows you two uses before triggering the cooldown, does damage to any enemy you pass through and knocks them away.

Never used

Relique de synergie démoniaque

Damage done by you or by your Felguard has a chance to increase the damage of the other one by 15% for 15 seconds.

Good

Very Good

Sceau d’invocation supérieure de Wilfred

Reduces cooldown of your Invocation d’un tyran démoniaque for every soul shard spent.

Good

Very Good

Demonology Warlock Legendary Powers

Legendary

Description

Raid verdict

Mythic+ verdict

Potentiel implosif

Increases haste by 1% per Wild Imp imploded (single target) or by 5% per Wild Imp (3+ targets). There is no cap to how much bonus haste this can provide but does overwrite the buff if a lesser bonus would be applied; ie if you have a 30% haste increase then implode a set of 3 Wild Imps for 15% bonus, the longer duration buff takes over (15% in this example).

Not so great

Very Good

Appel effroyable de l’inquisiteur sinistre

Increases the damage of your next Appel des traqueffrois for each Soul Shard spent. A decent legendary as it especially gives you a second mini cooldown after your Demonic Tyrant is over (simply due to the extra shards spent during Tyrant).

Good

Mediocre

Forces du cauchemar cornu

A 15% chance to recast Main de Gul’dan. It mirrors the copied spell exactly and even at the 15% chance to proc makes for a good set and forget option.

Good

Very Good

Noyau ardent de l’araignée torve

Increases the damge of your Trait démoniaque by up to 32% for 15s.

Excellent

Good

Picking a LegendaryNoyau ardent de l’araignée torveRelique de synergie démoniaqueNoyau ardent de l’araignée torveTrait démoniaqueRelique de synergie démoniaqueForces du cauchemar cornuPotentiel implosifSceau d’invocation supérieure de WilfredRelique de synergie démoniaqueConclusion

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Commentaire de DrLemonReally hope they give Demo Locks the option to skin their demons as undead for that Necromancer fantasy.Commentaire de hakweaBoo. Venthyr is the one I like the best and I will probably stick with Demonology again because I like. So hopefully it sees some boosts or I may have to decide to invest in my second choice Kyrian. At least you can switch.Commentaire de warlocktankyay demonology!Commentaire de mobiledruidGreat guide...I am a solo casual player, (no dungeons, raids. mythics), is there a website for players like me to see benefits of solo play? TY so much for any help...Commentaire de YubehSaving the best for last eh Not? Been waiting for this one

A little bit off topic since I know this is primarily aimed at PvE, do you by chance know if Délicieuse douleur increase the damage of the necrolord ability?Commentaire de YubehAm curious as to why the Kyrian potency conduit is good in raids, cause if anything it seems like its harder to utilitze than M+ since you need stuff to die with it on.Commentaire de up626I just want a character sheet for the Fel Guard and be able to equip items to him :/Commentaire de MegamanX400"while Let Go of the Past gives you 3% versatility that is fairly easy to maintain given the variety of spells Demonology casts."

Seems this guide was written before the nerf to this ability.
Does this have any impact on the strength of Kyrian for Demo locks?Commentaire de schmilblickKyrian's "Let Go of the Past" don't give versatility anymore.Commentaire de CJLoWell, as comments above, guide is not up to date since the Pelagos nerf.Commentaire de SoifonReally hope they give Demo Locks the option to skin their demons as undead for that Necromancer fantasy.Commentaire de OtakamichiLast spec in article and in performance. How poetic... Even the article is outdated too.
If I had to guess, we are the second least played spec in the game after survival hunters.Commentaire de Kherneas"Wild Imps duration out of combat increased to 40s."

I like this.
Anything to make it easier to move from one fight to the other without fully losing your army.Commentaire de Paulnutz"Combat Meditation and Let Go of the Past giving strong bonuses to secondary stats. Combat Meditation provides an easyily maintained flat mastery buff by picking up the spawned orbs while Let Go of the Past gives you 3% versatility that is fairly easy to maintain given the variety of spells Demonology casts."

Let Go of the Past was changed to no longer provide versatility over a week ago. This guide came out hours ago. How was this missed? Pelagos nerfs have been the big tuning conversation the past 10 days. I just don't get how a top theorycrafter for a class is that far behind when launch is tomorrowCommentaire de gaekSo does Decimating Bolt still buff Demon Bolt damage? I'm asking because when I hover over the Decimating Bolt tooltip there is no mention of Demon Bolt (for me at least) and it seems some other parts of the guide are outdated so I am just making sure.Commentaire de messiah77I personally prefer playing Demo as I just find it more fun over the other specs, having said, if I were to raid in SL I know full well that I would need to spec into Affliction or Destruction. I think there's some wasted opportunities with Demo and they could have made it into an aoe spec while leaving Destro and Affliction as the two ST specs. I don't want to spend another expansion where I'm on only playing one spec as this is what drives my motivation to play down.Commentaire de PerrycoxSo does Decimating Bolt still buff Demon Bolt damage? I'm asking because when I hover over the Decimating Bolt tooltip there is no mention of Demon Bolt (for me at least) and it seems some other parts of the guide are outdated so I am just making sure.Commentaire de MahjellyLead by Example (Emeni) increases your main stat whenever you channel Fleshcraft.

How are guide writers, ONE DAY, before Expac launch, still getting the simplest things wrong?

You gain Main Stat with Emeni when you use your Class ability. Not the generic one that everyone gets.Commentaire de Iheb

As far as the damage profile goes.....it simply is not better than our other 2 specs. Demonology needs something to make it competitive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSiN783XN0kCommentaire de LahereeThis post was very difficult to locate. Please fix the “ Check out all our Shadowlands Launch Opinion articles...” menu so users can use it.

Thank you for your guy’s work.

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