Destruction Warlock guide
Caster DPS. Destruction in Forever is a fire spec: Immolate, then Conflagrate (tier 4, from level 25) to consume Immolate for burst before re-applying it, and from level 40 Incinerate, the tier 7 talent, which deals 25% more to Immolated targets. Agonizing Flames adds up to 10% damage to all Destruction spells, Ruin doubles the crit bonus at 5/5, Fire and Brimstone raises Conflagrate's crit chance, and Bane of Havoc copies 15% of your damage onto a second target.
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Stat priority
- Hit (to cap)
- Spell Power
- Fire Damage
- Critical Strike
- Intellect
- Stamina
Opener
- Curse of the Elements: Boosts all your fire damage
- Immolate: Required for Conflagrate and Incinerate bonus
- Incinerate: Main nuke
Single target
- Immolate: Keep up; reapply right after Conflagrate consumes it
- Conflagrate: On cooldown near the end of Immolate, then reapply Immolate
- Incinerate: Main filler, +25% while Immolate is up
- Shadowburn: Execute or instant while moving
- Life Tap: Mana management
Several targets
- Bane of Havoc: On a second target to copy part of your damage
- Rain of Fire: Main AoE
- Hellfire: Close-range AoE
- Immolate: Spread on priority targets
Cooldowns
- Soul Fire: Big opener or when a pause allows the long cast
- Shadowburn: Instant execute, gains a shard on kill
- Death Coil: Defensive horror and heal
Key talents
- Bane
- Cataclysm
- Ruin
- Agonizing Flames
- Conflagrate
- Aftermath
- Intensity
- Bane of Havoc
- Fire and Brimstone
- Shadow and Flame
- Incinerate
What Forever changed
Conflagrate moved up to tier 4 (level 25) and Incinerate is the tier 7 talent, turning Destruction into an Immolate, Conflagrate and Incinerate fire rotation; Bane now also speeds up Incinerate. New talents include Molten Skin (up to 10% less damage taken), Fire and Brimstone, Shadow and Flame, which lets Conflagrate keep your Immolate, and Bane of Havoc, which cleaves damage onto a second target.
Tips
- Conflagrate consumes Immolate, so always reapply before the next Incinerate.
- Bane of Havoc counts as your Bane, so it replaces Bane of Agony on that target.
- Intensity protects Incinerate from pushback when you pull threat.
Other Warlock specs: Affliction, Demonology
Data from the WoW Forever client, build 1.60.1.70938, extracted .